A new tool developed by MIT researchers enables users to create detailed computer representations of mathematically ...

M.C. Escher's artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring "impossible objects" that break ...

M.C. Escher's artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring "impossible objects" that break ...

You know that improving the graphics on your computer will provide a much better picture—but you're not sure where to start. Here's everything you need to know.

Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics. So we ended last episode with the proliferation of command line (or text) interfaces, which sometimes used screens, but typically electronic ...

Benjamin Long, Sue Ann Seah, Tom Carter, Sriram Subramanian. Rendering volumetric haptic shapes in mid-air using ultrasound. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2014; 33 (6): 1 DOI: 10.1145/2661229.2661257 ...

Computer graphics uses flat triangles to approximate smooth surfaces, but if you're willing to allow triangles to bend a bit, then you can build any surface by gluing enough of them together.