香港大学计算机图形学课件Chapter1.pptVIP

Chapter 1Introduction to Computer Graphics “One picture is better than a thousand words” Vision is the most important sense of humans A significant portion of a human brain processes visual information Our vision is by far better than most of other animals’ Overview Applications Output devices: CRT, LCD Interactive input devices: keyboard, mouse, tablet/stylus, joysticks, Touch-screen monitors Computer graphics systems Introduction to OpenGL Applications Showing photos, pictures Curves Surfaces Weather charts 2-d images from volume data Magnetic resonance tomography images Ult