{"id":776,"date":"2020-09-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.hosting.acm.org\/wp\/?p=776"},"modified":"2025-06-02T02:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:08:02","slug":"a-whirlwind-intro-cg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/resources\/a-whirlwind-intro-cg\/","title":{"rendered":"A Whirlwind Introduction to Computer Graphics (2020)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presented at SIGGRAPH 2020. Conference description:&nbsp;For a beginner, attending SIGGRAPH is a very intimidating experience. This Course is for beginners! The Course\u2019s purpose is to give a base background in the concepts and terminology needed to get more out of the different opportunities during the conference.<br><br>All materials have been posted on the presenter&#8217;s site:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/web.engr.oregonstate.edu\/~mjb\/whirlwind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/web.engr.oregonstate.edu\/~mjb\/whirlwind\/<\/a>&nbsp;and are also available here.<br><br>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/sites\/default\/files\/cgSource\/A_Whirlwind_Introduction_to_Computer_Graphics.mp4\">https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/sites\/default\/files\/cgSource\/A_Whirlwind_Introduction_to_Computer_Graphics.mp4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Whirlwind Introduction to Computer Graphics (2020)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iCH1YtYVPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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