3D computer graphics

A mathematical introduction with OpenGL

Samuel R. Buss

388 pages, parution le 22/10/2003

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Résumé

This textbook emphasises the fundamentals and the mathematics underlying computer graphics. The minimal prerequisites, a basic knowledge of calculus and vectors plus some programming experience in C or C++, make the book suitable for self study or for use as an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate text.

The author gives a thorough treatment of transformations and viewing, lighting and shading models, interpolation and averaging, Bézier curves and B-splines, ray tracing and radiosity, and intersection testing with rays. Additional topics, covered in less depth, include texture mapping and colour theory.

The book covers some aspects of animation, including quaternions, orientation, and inverse kinematics, and includes source code for a Ray Tracing software package.

The book is intended for use along with any OpenGL programming book, but the crucial features of OpenGL are briefly covered to help readers get up to speed. Accompanying software is available freely from the book's web site.

Introduction
Transformations and viewing
Lighting, illumination, and shading
Averaging and interpolation
Texture mapping
Color
Bezier curves
B-Splines
Ray tracing
Intersection testing
Radiosity
Animation and kinematics
Appendix A. Mathematics background
Appendix B. RayTracing software package
Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Samuel R. Buss
Parution	22/10/2003
Nb. de pages	388
Format	18 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	865g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521821032
ISBN13	978-0-521-82103-2