VTR – 26/27 Edition

Nau3D

• GitHub (LINK)
• Documentation in (LINK)
• Windows Binaries (LINK)

Assessment

• Assignment for practical work and essay (LINK)
• Link to template for essay (ZIP)

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Lecture 1 – Introduction to the graphics pipeline and shader programming

24/09/26

Topics:

• Course presentation and details of the assessment procedure;
• The rasterization pipeline and its components;
• Brief introduction to NAU.
• Shader programming.

Assignment:

• Nau’s first shaders (starting point)

Materials:

• Lighthouse GLSL Tutorial (LINK)
• Core OpenGL Setup (PDF)
• 3D Models: rainbow bench (ZIP)

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Lecture 2 – Lighting

01/10/26

Topics:

• Toon Shading: from vertex shading (Gouraud) to per pixel shading (Phong)
• Normalization issues
• Specular component with Phong Equation
• Point and Spot Lights

Assignment:

• Implement lighting in shaders

Materials:

• Notes: Lighting – Gouraud and Phong (PDF)
• Starting point (ZIP)

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