-Due to the relative immaturity and inconsistency of graphics drivers on mobile devices, our proof of concept will be developed for a conventional GNU/Linux desktop or laptop computer using OpenGL. However, the techniques explored could easily be extended to other platforms and libraries.
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-Deadlines enforced by the faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics are \emph{italicised}.\footnote{David Gow is being assessed under the 2014 rules for a BEng (Software) Final Year Project, whilst the author is being assessed under the 2014 rules for a BEng (Mechatronics) Final Year Project; deadlines and requirements as shown in Gow's proposal\cite{proposalGow} may differ}.
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- $1^{\text{st}}$ May & Testbed Software (basic document format and viewer) completed and approaches for extending to allow infinite precision identified. \\
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- ? May & Draft Progress Report and Literature Review \\
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- $26^{\text{th}}$ May & \emph{Progress Report and Literature Review due.}\\
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- $9^{\text{th}}$ June & Demonstrations of limitations of floating point precision in the Testbed software. \\
- $1^{\text{st}}$ July & At least one implementation of infinite precision for basic primitives (lines, polygons, curves) completed. Other implementations, advanced features, and areas for more detailed research identified. \\
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- $1^{\text{st}}$ August & Experiments and comparison of various infinite precision implementations completed. \\
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- $1^{\text{st}}$ September & Advanced features implemented and tested, work underway on Final Report. \\
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- TBA & \emph{Conference Abstract and Presentation due.} \\
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- $10^{\text{th}}$ October & \emph{Draft of Final Report due.} \\
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- $27^{\text{th}}$ October & \emph{Final Report due.}\\
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