Small plug for computer graphics from a student's perspective:
If you thought any of the material on the previous slides (real time graphics processing pipeline, rendering, etc) was interesting, consider taking computer graphics (15-462). It was mentioned in lecture, but I don't think the class was done justice. Graphics is a great combination of all of the fields of math and CS you've learned so far (e.g. calc, linear algebra, data structures / algorithms), combined with a bunch of pretty pictures and awesome professors.
Oh, and did I mention Prof. Kavyon teaches it sometimes? (Though I had Coros and Crane, who are also equally awesome).
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Question about graphics: is it possible to de-rasterize graphics? That is, from an image, is it possible to reverse engineer a triangle mesh, and a set of conditions like lighting, materials, etc, that generate the image?
Small plug for computer graphics from a student's perspective:
If you thought any of the material on the previous slides (real time graphics processing pipeline, rendering, etc) was interesting, consider taking computer graphics (15-462). It was mentioned in lecture, but I don't think the class was done justice. Graphics is a great combination of all of the fields of math and CS you've learned so far (e.g. calc, linear algebra, data structures / algorithms), combined with a bunch of pretty pictures and awesome professors.
Oh, and did I mention Prof. Kavyon teaches it sometimes? (Though I had Coros and Crane, who are also equally awesome).
Question about graphics: is it possible to de-rasterize graphics? That is, from an image, is it possible to reverse engineer a triangle mesh, and a set of conditions like lighting, materials, etc, that generate the image?