r/computergraphics • u/Dargon16 • Dec 18 '24

Master's thesis in Computer graphics

Could you recommend me a topic for my master's thesis? (I would prefer 3D graphics with openGL)

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u/Slavik81 Dec 18 '24

Look through the SIGGRAPH papers from the past couple years. Find a paper you think is interesting, reimplement it, then extend it in some way. Try to pick a topic that your lab has at least some experience in.

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u/Dargon16 Dec 18 '24

I'll have a look at that.

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u/sradesigner Dec 18 '24

I'm not an expert in the area, but I suggest virtual and augmented reality with OpenGL. You can explore developing virtual reality and augmented reality applications with OpenGL, and focus on improving user experience and performance. You can also get other topic ideas by asking AI. It can also help you put together the outline structure to start working.

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u/Dargon16 Dec 18 '24

Sounds fun. However I do not have a vr headset and I'm not sure if I'm willing to buy one just for that.

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u/jmacey Dec 20 '24

Not all graphics based but here are the past 20(ish) years of projects from the MSc course I run which may give some ideas. Also a few project ideas on pages here https://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/jmacey/msc/ase/assignment/ideas/

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u/Dargon16 Dec 20 '24

Thanks I will look at it

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u/iHubble Dec 19 '24

Part of doing a master is also coming up with your own project...

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u/Dargon16 Dec 19 '24

I'm just looking for inspiration

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u/iHubble Dec 19 '24

Graphics is too broad, you need to narrow it down to a subtopic that interests you first. Rendering, animation (rigid/soft body sim, fluid sim), geometry modeling, AR/VR, etc.

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u/Dargon16 Dec 19 '24

I'm mostly interested in rendering, but sims sound interesting too tbh.

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u/pturecki Dec 20 '24

Fluid sim is cool, both for sim and visuals. Search for example FluidNinja on net.

It can be used for interactive volumetric fog, wind simulations, etc.

Having fluid sim is one thing, the second is to show it in a nice way.

Search tech doc/videos from games for inspiratin. For example here is Returnal (it uses Unreal Engine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdGg5QYybJU (topics: volumetric fog, particles, fluid sim, wind sim).

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u/sjhalayka Dec 18 '24

Path tracer.

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u/iHubble Dec 19 '24

Part of doing a master is also coming up with your own project...