OpenGL

This part covers the OpenGL API. OpenGL is a C API that allows you to utilize graphics hardware on your system (your GPU) for real-time rasterization. We cover the basics of the API, and take a look at some related graphics programming tasks (such as view/camera transforms).

Chapters

• 11 - OpenGL Introduction
• 12 - OpenGL Rectangle
• 13 - OpenGL Pipeline
• 14 - Geometric Transformations
• 15 - Hierarchical Transformations
• 16 - Reflectance Modeling
• 17 - OpenGL Lighting
• 18 - Look-at Matrix
• 19 - Textures
• 20 - Framebuffers
• 21 - Texture Filtering
• 22 - Interpolation
• 23 - Clipping, Culling, and Hidden Surface Removal
• 24 - Advanced OpenGL
• 25 - Homogeneous Divide