Course on Advanced 3D Graphics

in Java and Java OpenGL (JOGL 2)

Dr. Manuel Carcenac

([email protected])

The following course lecture notes are freely available to anyone interested.

They may be used and modified without any restrictions.

Chapters:

Introduction to the theory of 3D Computer Graphics   [ pdf ; doc ]

Advanced topics in modelling with JOGL 2   [ pdf ; doc ]

Euler angles - gimbal lock - texture - NURBS - Fractal landscape -

diamond-square algorithm

Advanced topics in animation presented with JOGL 2   [ pdf ; doc ]

kinematic animation - cubic spline interpolation - articulated structure -

dynamic animation - time integration - n-body animation

Some programs:

textures earth, moon, sun, heaven and spacecraft

interactive cubic NURBS

 fractal landscape

cubic spline interpolation

cubic spline animation of ball

cubic spline animation of articulated arm

gravity, bouncing animation of balls

n-body animation

Important: batch file to run a JOGL2 program on Windows

other available courses (Java, Graphics in Java,

Analysis of Algorithms, GPU-CUDA)

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