Developing Graphics Frameworks 14 Interactive Graphics Programs

Summary

Learn how to use the recently added functionality from the Input class to change values of Uniform variables and move geometric ... Learn about the OpenGL functions used to send shader code to the GPU, compile shader Based on student and viewer feedback, in order to increase cross-platform compatibility, a few changes are introduced in this ... Create the base Geometry class, which defines the overall shape of geometric objects and stores vertex-related properties (such ... Learn about local coordinate systems and local transformations, how the accumulated transformations applied to an object are ... Create a Polygon Geometry class that can generate data to render a regular polygon with any number of sides and radius. Create another extension of the Geometry class to describe the shape of a three-dimensional box; vertex colors are assigned so ... Learn about how surfaces of three-dimensional objects can be represented by a parametric function: the x, y, z coordinates are ... Create the Rendered class, with performs general OpenGL initialization tasks, and contains a function named render, which takes ... Learn how to create an windowed Create extensions of the base Material class that enable geometric shapes to be rendered as points, lines, or triangulated ... Create the Object3D class, which corresponds to a node in the scene Test the code in the Texture class, UV coordinates, and TextureMaterial shader by Create the base Material class, which defines the overall appearance of geometric objects and stores uniform variable data (using ...