Three Dee Graphics

3D Graphics - Tips and Tricks

Check out Open Gl for the basics, it is the most industry-standard Application Programming Interface for Three Dee Graphics, and works well, fast, and is used all over the place.

Some Concepts/Problems you'll run into:

Model Loading (And Texture Loading)

Hit Testing (AKA Collision Testing or Intersection Testing)

Motion Control

If you have these three things down, down cold, you've got a very fast, good engine. These three sections are THE basis of all modern engines (Flight sim, FPS, etc.)

Some other Cool concepts:

Skeleton Deforming

Model Interpolation

Geo Mod

--Daniel Staudigel

Could anyone recommend any good books for learning about Three Dee Graphics and/or the other concepts listed above?

For the basics of computer graphics I've found Computer graphics: principles and practice by James D. Foley to be extremely useful.

See Virtual Reality Modeling Language

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