Angel, Edward: Interactive Computer Graphics: A top-down approach using OpenGL (Third Edition), Addison Wesley, 2003.

Angel, Edward: OpenGL: A Primer, (2nd Edition) Addison Wesley, 2004.

Other texts:

Hill, F.S. Jr.: Computer Graphics Using Open GL (2nd Edition), Prentice-Hall, 2001.

Hearn, Donald and M. Pauline Baker: Computer Graphics with OpenGL (3rd International Edition), Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004

Requires lecture theater with video and DVD playing capabilities and also laptop playback with video and audio.

Student feedback requests tutorials but the school is not able to provide them. On-line tutorials and code examples have been developed as an alternative.

• Software Title: OpenGL
• Vendor: depends on hardware
• Version: 2.0
• OS: LINUX (X )
• License Details: (A valid software license certificate/s or Vendor permission must be available upon request if the software is to be installed for teaching)
• Are we currently licensed: Yes (X ) or No ( ) (If unsure, please check with your local IT support )
• If (Yes), who is the contact person for this software?: varies according to harware
• If (No), will the software license be arranged by: Staff member requesting the software ( ) or Technical Services* ( ) ? *If the latter is selected, please discuss your requirement/s with myself ASAP, prior to finalising your request, as there could be financial or resourcing implications.
• Is the software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation (X ), or Server ( ) ?
• Type of license: Site License ( ), Freeware ( ), FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ( ), Shareware ( ), Lab based (X ) # of Licenses needed 1 for each machine (there are about 75 students doing the course)
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week 0 ) and/or Semester 2 (Week ___ ):
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: (Jon McCormack) (x59298) (jonmc@csse.monash.edu.au)
• Additional Information: Special Requirements, Software Configuration/Installation Requirements, etc:

This course requires a Linux computer with a _HARDWARE_ OpenGL driver. The driver to be used depends on the graphics card in the computer. Most modern graphics cards are made by nVidia (http://www.nvidia.com or ATI (http://www.ati.com/). Both companies provide Linux hardware support for OpenGL, however nVidia are usually the best for Linux drivers.

Ideally, I would like a lab with relatively new nVidia or ATI cards and associated OpenGL hardware drivers. OpenGL should also include GLUT (GL Utility Toolkit) - this can be downloaded and installed from www.opengl.org

For labs without hardware support it is possible to install MESA from www.mesa.org. This is a software OpenGL driver and is vastly inferior in performance to hardware drivers.

This course also requires the basic GNU C/C++ compiler set, GNU Make and the "Submit" program currently maintained by CSSE tech services

CSE2304 or FIT2004