Solid Modeling with Polygonal Meshes (Hill, Chapter 6)

• Normal Vectors - Face vs Vertex
• Defining the Mesh
  • orientation (outside vs inside)
  • Vertex list
  • Face list
  • Normal list

Returning to the Camera yet again (OpenGL Programming Guide, Chapter 3)

• flythrough (pilot view)
• sperical viewing
• moving the camera intuitively

SHADING (LET THERE BE LIGHT!) (OpenGL Programming Guide, Chapter 5)

• Light vs Color
  
• Lighting Components:
  • ambient
  • diffuse
  • specular
  • global ambient
    
• Light Sources
  • positional
    • positional spotlight
  • directional
    
• Lighting Model
  • Phong Reflection Model
    
• Materials Properties
  • ambient coefficient
  • diffuse coefficient
  • specular coefficient
    
• Vectors
  • Normal Vectors
  • Angle of Reflection
  • Half-Angle
    
• Polygonal Shading Model
  • Flat
  • Smooth (Gouraud's Version)
  • Smooth (Phong's Version)
    
• The Math Behind it All

REFERENCE(S):

Computer Graphics Using OpenGL (Hill):
      Chapter 6,7;
OpenGL Programming Guide - Chapters 3 and 5;
GLUT Programming Interface:

/classes/cs3014/files/Viewing/demo1.cpp - demo8.cpp
/classes/cs3014/files/Viewing/spherical.cpp
/classes/cs3014/files/Lighting/ambient_demo.cpp
/classes/cs3014/files/Lighting/diffuse_demo.cpp
/classes/cs3014/files/Lighting/specular_demo.cpp