Computer Graphics Links

• OpenGL.org is where you can find all things OpenGL
• OpenGL is available on all platforms
• OpenGLBook.com - OpenGLBook code
• Interactive Computer Graphics A Top-Down Approach with Shader-Based OpenGL, Angel & Shreiner
  • textbook source code
  • errata
• OpenGL SuperBible
  

You will need these for code development for CSCI 566 & 569:

• a C++ development environment with minimum version 3.1 OpenGL support (I will be grading on a Linux system using g++)
• C/C++ library reference
• OpenGL library reference
• GLEW - OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library - *note - bug workaround
• freeglut - OpenGL Utility Toolkit - API Documentation

Might come in handy

• DevIL - cross-platform image library
• SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer

OLDER STUFF - MOSTLY DEPRECATED

Books:

• Interactive Computer Graphics A Top-Down Approach Using OpenGL (fifth edition) , by Edward Angel
  • Errata
• OpenGL Programming Guide ( the Redbook, v1.1)
  • Sample programs from OpenGL Programming Guide
• OpenGL Reference Manual (the Bluebook, v1.0)

OpenGL Information:

• OpenGL.org
  • OpenGL Specs
  • OpenGL SDK - includes man pages
  • code samples
• SGI's OpenGL site - OpenGL Sample Implementation
• Nate Robins OpenGL Tutors
• OpenGL quick review from Rutgers University
• JOGL - Java for OpenGL
• Apple's Developer Connection for OpenGL
• The Mesa 3D Graphics Library - originally developed for Unix systems - not OpenGL, but almost

Windowing & User Interface Toolkits:

• OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)
• GLUT documentation - only covers through GLUT 3.2
• GLUT 3 Specification
• GLUT 3 man pages
• GLE Tubing & Extrusions - more objects for modeling
• OpenSceneGraph - Open source 3D graphics toolkit
• GlutMaster - C++ wrapper for GLUT
• SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer
• Fast Light Tool Kit
• freeglut
• GLUI - GLUT-based C++ user interface library
• GLOW - C++ wrapper for GLUT
• OGRE - Open source Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine

Organizations & Publications:

• ACM Siggraph
  • CG resources
  • graphbib - searchable computer graphics bibliography
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Awards
• ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • online literature resources - lots of information here
• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
• journal of graphics, gpu, and game tools
• Computer Graphics World
• Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Research Labs & People:

• Maneesh Agrawala - Berkeley
• Brown University Computer Graphics Group
• Graphics and Human-Computer Interaction at UC Berkeley
• Stanford Computer Graphics Lab
• University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
• Microsoft Graphics Group
• Computer Graphics Research at Caltech
• Graphics People at CMU
• GRAIL at the University of Washington
• Algorithmic Botany at the University of Calgary
• Cornell Program of Computer Graphics
• Graphics & Visualization Research at IBM
• Graphics and Image Analysis Research at UNC Chapel Hill
• UNC Gamma Research Group: Geometric Algorithms for Modeling, Motion and Animation

Other useful or interesting things:

• A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation
• Computer Graphics & Gaming Industry Jobs
• excellent overview of the modern GPU
• hardware tessellation video
• readImage.c - reads in an image and displays it in OpenGL - readImage.zip
• Maya Personal Learning Edition - from Alias (it's free!)
• 3D Object Converter - hundreds of formats - shareware
• Quick3D - 3D model viewer and converter
• The3DArchive - free 3D model archive (in Quick3D format)
• Direct3D & OpenGL Code Sampler
• POV-Ray - free ray tracer
• Tokamak Game Physics SDK
• Vector Math Tutorial, Central Connecticut State University
• Virtual Terrain Project
• Physically Based Modeling (SIGGRAPH '01 Course from PIXAR)
• Lighthouse 3D
• ImageMagick - useful for converting between image formats and other image processing
• GLRex - a simple modeler that will save C code for OpenGL
• GameDev.net - especially tutorials from Neon Helium (NeHe)
• Ultimate 3D Links
• Graphics file formats - old
• Lots of Texture Links
• AnimationTrip
• MWSnap - screen capture utility
• Computer Graphics Timeline