Class Purpose Familiarize students to advanced software development techniques in OpenGL and other high-level APIs Provide assistance with current software development  activities  Introduce the student to state-of-the art techniques for producing high-performance  interactive graphics applications

 
 
 
 
 

	Course Objectives Gain experience by building OpenGL applications Understand the fundamentals of the interaction of OpenGL and the supporting window manager. Understand the fundamentals of interactive graphics application Prepare students for further tutorials (2D/3D graphics, Performer, ...) Have some fun

	Course Implementation Will vary from course-to-course The course material will lead into the lab exercises The labs are fundamental to understanding the course material - do them!

Schedule   Monday           2:00 pm           Lecture 1 Hour Labs 1 Hour       Tuesday                      Wednesday           3:00 pm           "Office Hours" 1 Hour                                           Thursda   Friday

Introductions Ken Schwarz - Technical Consultant - SGI (5 years) 13 years experience on SGI systems Visual simulation and sensor simulation background Specializing in high-performance systems -       Challenge/Origin/Onyx SGI career has centered around high-end systems      Performance analysis and tuning  Currently assisting both academic research and industry customer with a variety of high-performance graphics applications and API's

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