Abstract
3D programming is an incredibly complex and wide field. This chapter explores some topics that are the absolute minimum requirement to write a simple 3D game:
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We’ll revisit our friend the vector and attach one more coordinate.
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Lighting is a vital part of any 3D game. We’ll look at how to perform simple lighting with OpenGL ES.
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Defining objects programmatically is cumbersome. We’ll look at a simple 3D file format so we can load and render 3D models created with 3D modeling software.
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In Chapter 8 we discussed object representation and collision detection. We’ll look at how to go about that in 3D.
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We’ll also briefly revisit some of the physics concepts we explored in Chapter 10[OK?], this time in a 3D context. Let’s start with 3D vectors.
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Zechner, M. (2011). 3D Programming Tricks. In: Beginning Android Games. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3043-4_11
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