iPhone 3D Programming | Foreword |
iPhone 3D Programming
Developing Graphical Applications with OpenGL ES
Copyright © 2009 Philip Rideout
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Dedication
Frank and Doris Rideout
1916-1998 and 1919-2007
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Quick Start Guide
- Transitioning to Apple Technology
- A Brief History of OpenGL ES
- Choosing the Appropriate Version of OpenGL ES
- Getting Started
- Hello Arrow with Fixed Function
- Layering Your 3D Application
- Starting from Scratch
- Linking in the OpenGL and Quartz Libraries
- Subclassing UIView
- Hooking Up the Application Delegate
- Setting Up the Icons and Launch Image
- Dealing with the Status Bar
- Defining and Consuming the Rendering Engine Interface
- Implementing the Rendering Engine
- Handling Device Orientation
- Animating the Rotation
- Hello Arrow with Shaders
- Wrapping Up
- 2. Math and Metaphors
- 3. Vertices and Touch Points
- 4. Adding Depth and Realism
- 5. Textures and Image Capture
- Adding Textures to Model Viewer
- Texture Coordinates Revisited
- Fight Aliasing with Filtering
- Texture Formats and Types
- Texture Compression with PVRTC
- The PowerVR SDK and Low-Precision Textures
- Generating and Transforming OpenGL Textures with Quartz
- Dealing with Size Constraints
- Creating Textures with the Camera
- Wrapping Up
- 6. Blending and Augmented Reality
- Blending Recipe
- Wrangle Pre-Multiplied Alpha
- Blending Caveats
- Blending Extensions and Their Uses
- Shifting Texture Color with Per-Vertex Color
- Poor Man's Reflection with the Stencil Buffer
- Stencil Alternatives for Older iPhones
- Antialiasing Tricks with Offscreen FBOs
- Rendering Antialiased Lines with Textures
- Holodeck Sample
- Wrapping Up
- 7. Sprites and Text
- 8. Advanced Lighting and Texturing
- 9. Optimizing
- A. C++ Vector Library
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