Week in 559

The Week in 559: Week 3 Sept 21-25

by Mike Gleicher on September 17, 2015

This past week, we learned about transformations and hierarchical modeling. And you got to try out programming it in JavaScript. This coming week, we’ll start drawing in 3D. You probably saw a simple taste of it in the example, but you’ll see much more. For Reading 3 (due Monday, September 21), you’ll read about the […]

The Week in 559: Week 2 Sept 14-18

by Mike Gleicher on September 11, 2015

This past week, we got started thinking about coordinate systems and transformations. This coming week, we’ll look some more at the mathematics of transformations, see how they get used for hierarchical modeling, and see how they work in 3D. You’ll also get a chance to try them out in a programming assignment! For Monday, September […]

The Week in 559: Week 1 Sept 7-11

by Mike Gleicher on September 5, 2015

Our first real week! And it’s a little short because of the holiday Monday. Last week, we had a first lecture with some preliminaries (what is graphics, how does the class work). Hopefully, we’ve worked out most of the administrative issues and everyone is enrolled. This week… We’re diving right in! There’s a reading assignment […]