3D Basic Lessons

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    Lesson 1: Writing a Simple Raytracer

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    We will begin this lesson by explaining how a three-dimensional scene is translated into a viewable two-dimensional image.

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    Lesson 2: Get Started

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    Lesson 4: Geometry

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    Points, vectors, matrices and normals are to CG what the alphabet is to literature which is the reason why in all fairness, most CG books start with a chapter on linear algebra and geometry.

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    Lesson 5: Colors and Digital Images

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    In this lesson we will review the basic notions about color, colors in the digital world, pixels and digital images.

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    Lesson 6: Rays, Cameras and Images

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    The next step in the construction of our renderer, is to learn how to create an image by shooting rays into the scene, using a virtual camera.

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    Lesson 7: Intersecting Simple Shapes

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    In this lesson, we will learn about ray intersection routines for simple geometric shapes such as boxes and spheres.

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    Lesson 8: Putting It All Together, Our First Ray Tracer

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    In this lesson we will learn how we can put together all the techniques we have already described in one application to create a barebone ray tracer.

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    Lesson 9: Ray-Triangle Intersection

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    In this lesson we will learn why triangles are useful in ray tracing and a couple of technique to test for intersections between a ray and a triangle.

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    Lesson 10: Polygonal Objects

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    Now that we have learned how to render triangles, we can move to the next step which is to render more complex objects.

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    Lesson 11: Rendering the Teapot. Bezier Surfaces.

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    In this lesson we learn how to render the 3D model of a teapot (known as the Utah or Newell's Teapot) using another type of geometry representation called a Bézier surface.

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    Lesson 12: Acceleration Structures

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    Acceleration structures are used to speed up the ray tracing of complex scenes.

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    Lesson 13: Tools

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    We will be looking at the tools we are missing to properly develop our renderer such as a rendering API, a scene file parser and an application to display our rendered images.

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    Lesson 14: Interaction Light-Matter

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    Learn about what makes materials appear the way they do!

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    Lesson 15: Introduction to Shading and Radiometry

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