ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - Computer Graphics Programs

"The Road to Vulkan" - Teaching Vulkan in Introductory Graphics Courses

wobbe — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:21:49 +0000

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Johannes Unterguggenberger, TU Wien

In our paper "Vulkan all the way: Transitioning to a modern low-level graphics API in academia" [1], we describe how we transitioned an introductory graphics course associated with a visual computing curriculum from OpenGL to Vulkan. This entry provides the link to the framework that we have used [2], which can conveniently be set up using a GitHub starter template [3]. The attached file contains the tasks descriptions for the first steps to be taken by a student in Vulkan territory and consitutes the scope of Assignment 1 as described in our paper [1]. We recommend to let our Vulkan Lecture Series [4] be a student's companion while learning Vulkan and working on the tasks.

[1] Johannes Unterguggenberger and Bernhard Kerbl and Michael Wimmer, TU Wien, Vulkan all the way: Transitioning to a modern low-level graphics API in academia, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0097849323000249
[2] Research Unit of Computer Graphics TU Wien, Vulkan Launchpad, https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpad
[3] Research Unit of Computer Graphics TU Wien, Vulkan Launchpad Starter, https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpadStarter
[4] Johannes Unterguggenberger, Computer Graphics at TU Wien, Vulkan Lecture Series, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIqTlJ6KsE1Jx5HV4sd2jOe3V1KMHHgn

Website: https://github.com/cg-tuwien/VulkanLaunchpad

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Academy Software Foundation

wobbe — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:09:16 +0000

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Wobbe F. Koning, ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee

ASWF provides a neutral forum for open source software developers in the motion picture and broader media industries to share resources and collaborate on technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation, and sound.

This foundation describes itself as follows:

The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) is the result of a two-year survey by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) Science and Technology Council into the use of Open Source Software (OSS) across the motion picture industry. The survey found that almost 84% of the industry uses open source software, particularly for animation and visual effects, but challenges including siloed development, managing multiple versions of OSS libraries (versionitis) and varying governance and licensing models need to be addressed in order to ensure a healthy open source community.

Blogpost on the main SIGGRAPH site: What is the Academy Software Foundation?

The foundation can be found here: https://www.aswf.io/

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How To Debug GPU-Based Programs?

wobbe — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:08:57 +0000

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Ying Zhu (PI) and G. Scott Owen (Co-PI), Computer Science Department, Georgia State University

This web site contains three comprehensive debugging guides for GPU based programming: OpenGL, WebGL, and OpenCL. The target audience is college students taking 3D graphics programming courses, game programming courses, or heterogeneous computing courses. Novice to intermediate level 3D graphics or GPGPU programmers can benefit from learning GPU debugging techniques. Instructors can use this web site to supplement their regular course materials.

URL: https://sites.google.com/site/debuggpuprograms/

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Survey of Computer Art Applications

wobbe — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:21:36 +0000

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Charles Shami, Professor of Interactive Design and Game Development, Savannah College of Art and Design

This class is for students already well versed in the use of art and design computer applications. The basic components of digital design tools—vector, raster, modeling language and animation—are covered, culminating in the completion of a final project. Following an overview of HTML and Web page design, students create their own home pages.

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High Dynamic Range Imaging

wobbe — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:19:38 +0000

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Kirt Witte, Professor of Visual Effects, Savannah College of Art and Design.

High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRi) emphasizes the integration of computer-generated objects or characters into real world video or film footage. High Dynamic Range Imaging seeks to develop and integrate photography, lighting, and rendering into various 3D and 2D software applications by utilizing digital images containing light information more accurately than traditional digital imaging means

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