Teaching a Modern Graphics Pipeline Using a Shader-based Software Renderer

Fink, Heinrich; Weber, Thomas; Wimmer, Michael

Teaching a Modern Graphics Pipeline Using a Shader-based Software Renderer

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Date

2012

Authors

Fink, Heinrich
Weber, Thomas
Wimmer, Michael

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

Shaders are a fundamental pattern of the modern graphics pipeline. This paper presents a syllabus for an introductory computer graphics course that emphasizes the use of programmable shaders while teaching raster-level algorithms at the same time. We describe a Java-based framework that is used for programming assignments in this course. This framework implements a shader-enabled software renderer and an interactive 3D editor. We also show how to create attractive course materials by using COLLADA, an open standard for 3D content exchange.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/conf/EG2012/education/073-080
,
booktitle = {Eurographics 2012 - Education Papers
},
editor = {Giovanni Gallo and Beatriz Sousa Santos
},
title = {{Teaching a Modern Graphics Pipeline Using a Shader-based Software Renderer
}},
author = {Fink, Heinrich and 
Weber, Thomas and 
Wimmer, Michael
},
year = {2012
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1017-4656
},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {/10.2312/conf/EG2012/education/073-080
}
}