Course Description
In 3D Photography, cameras and lights are used to capture the shape and appearance of 3D objects represented as graphical models for applications such as computer animation, game development, electronic commerce, heritage preservation, reverse engineering, and virtual reality. This course covers 3D capture techniques and systems, surface representations and data structures, as well as methods to smooth, denoise, edit, compress, transmit, simplify, and optimize very large polygonal models.
Guest Lectures
A number of visitors will give guest lectures during the semester. Check the class Calendar page for details.
Syllabus
The syllabus is work in progress, since the content will adjust to the pace that the class could tolerate. Check the class Calendar page for details.
Book
Not required, but higly recommended as a reference to those seriously interested in the topic:
An Invitation to 3-D Vision: From Images to Geometric Models
by Yi Ma, Stefano Soatto, Jana Kosecka, and S. Shankar Sastry
ISBN: 0-387-00893-4
Springer Verlag 2004
Instructor
Prof. Gabriel Taubin
Homepage: http://mesh.brown.edu/taubin
Email: taubin@brown.edu
Phone: +1-401-863-1484
Office: BH328
Teaching Assistant
Douglas Lanman
Homepage: http://mesh.brown.edu/dlanman
Email: dlanman@brown.edu
Office: BH317
Meeting Information
Organizational meeting: BH153 on Wednesday, January 24, 2:00-2:50 PM.
The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:50 PM, in BH317.
Guest lectures will take place in a different room. Check the class Calendar page for details.
Mailing List
To post to the list, send email to 3DPGP07@mesh.brown.edu.
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Office Hours
By appointment. Send email to the instructor or TA.