The newest edition of my intro graphics book is done early. It looks like the kindle edition is out and the hardcopy will at at amazon soon. I just got my copies in the mail today! I am a big fan of this edition. It is also now Marschner and Shirley et al., instead of Shirley and Marchner et al. Any great improvements in the book I am pretending are correlation and not causation. But being second author is like I hear being a grandparent is-- all the benefit and none of the responsibility. Please report any problems to Steve.
This edition we have moved to color:
That retro image in the bottom right is there for nostalia's sake. It was my first good image (1988 I think). It was 1024x768 and took two weeks to do radiosity and light maps and 16 viewing rays per pixel on a VAX 11-780. It was my first "real" C++ program (I think). Modeled in vi (for real) and some hand rolled rotate a piece-wise linear curve code. Here it is in all its low-res noisy glory.
Really looking forward to this edition, and possibly using it as a textbook.
ReplyDeleteBtw, i have used that particular picture for years to show the depth-of-field effect ...