GAMES202 (2021-03), or Real-Time High Quality Rendering, is an open course in computer graphics conducted by Prof. Lingqi Yan. The course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental problems appeared in the field of real-time rendering and their corresponding solutions.
As real-time rendering demands high speed (>30 FPS), the course focuses on breaking the trade-off between speed and quality within stringent time constraints, while ensuring both real-time high speed and photorealism. A number of cutting-edge topics in academia and industry will be covered, including:
- Soft Shadow Rendering,
- Environmental Lighting,
- Global Illumination Techniques (both precomputation-based and without precomputation),
- Interactive Global Illumination, ...
- Physically-Based Shading Models and Methods,
- Real-time Ray Tracing,
- Anti-Aliasing,
- Supersampling, and
- Common Techniques for Acceleration.
The corresponding English version can be found at Course Website - CS292f - Real-Time High Quality Rendering.
This repository contains my notes for GAMES202 conducted by Prof. Lingqi Yan.
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Lecture01 - Overview - Real-Time High Quality Rendering
Lecture02 - Recap of CG Basics
Lecture03 - Real-Time Shadows 1
Lecture04 - Real-Time Shadows 2
Lecture05 - Real-Time Environment Mapping
Lecture06 - Real-Time Environment Mapping (Precomputed Radiance Transfer)
Lecture07 - Real-Time Global Illumination (in 3D)
Lecture08 - Real-Time Global Illumination (Screen Space)
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