An Improved Computer Graphics Laboratory for Computer Science and Mathematics

9451438 Goldfeather Graphics IRIS Crimson/VGXT、两个Silicon Graphics Indy工作站和一台索尼盒式磁带录像机配备了经过改进和扩大的3D计算机图形实验室(位于新建的数学和计算中心)。这个图形学实验室支持目前的计算机图形学课程以及计算机图形学的自主学习。本课程的重点是现代计算机图形学的基础，重点是渲染栅格图像所需的数学、物理和计算机科学理论。学生从简单的逐个像素计算发展到涉及逼真3D图像的最终项目。主要的独立学习项目被称为Carl3D，是一个学生编写的3D图形环境，可以创建、显示和处理各种格式的图像。学生使用图形系统的高级功能为其他学生和教师创建可视化工具，特别强调动画。

9451438 Goldfeather Graphics IRIS Crimson/VGXT, two Silicon Graphics INDY workstations, and a Sony videocassette recorder equip an improved and expanded 3D Computer Graphics Laboratory (housed in the newly constructed Center for Mathematics and Computing). This graphics laboratory supports the present computer graphics course as well as independent study in computer graphics. The course focuses on the foundations of modern computer graphics, with an emphasis on the mathematics, physics, and computer science theories needed to render raster images. Students progress from simple pixel-by-pixel calculations to a final project involving realistic 3D images. The predominant independent study project, known as Carl3D, is a student-written 3D graphics environment which can create, display and manipulate images in a wide variety of formats. Students use the advanced features of the graphics system to create visualization tools for other students and faculty, with a particular emphasis on animation.