1. Introduction

Since its first release in 1992, OpenGL has been rapidly adopted as the graphics API of choice for real-time interactive 3D graphics applications. The OpenGL state machine is easy to understand, but its simplicity and orthogonality enable a multitude of interesting effects. The goal of this course is to demonstrate how to generate more satisfying images using OpenGL. There are three general areas of discussion: generating aesthetically pleasing or realistic looking basic images, computing interesting effects, and generating more sophisticated images.
 
 

• 1.1 OpenGL Version
• 1.2 Course Notes and Slide Set Organization
• 1.3 Acknowledgments
• 1.4 Acknowledgments for 1997 Course Notes
• 1.5 Course Notes Web Site