Essential mathematics for games and interactive applications. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James M. Van Verth, Lars M. Bishop.
• Authors: Van Verth, James M; Bishop, Lars M
• Contents: Representing Real Numbers; Preliminary Concepts; Floating-Point Numbers; IEEE 754 Floating-Point Standard; Real-World Floating Point; Code Vectors and Points ; Vectors; Points; Lines; Planes; Polygons and Triangles Linear Transformations and Matrices ; Linear Transformations; Matrices; Systems of Linear Equations; Matrix Inverse; Determinant; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Affine Transformations; Affine Transformations; Standard Affine Transformations; Using Affine Transformations; Object Hierarchies Orientation Representation ; Rotation Matrices; Euler Angles; Axis–Angle Representation; Quaternions Interpolation ; Interpolation of Position; Interpolation of Orientation; Sampling Curves; Controlling Speed along a Curve; Camera Control Viewing and Projection ; View Frame and View Transformation; Projective Transformation; Culling and Clipping; Screen Transformation; Picking; Management of Viewing Transformations Geometry and Programmable Shading ; Color Representation; Points and Vertices; Surface Representation; Rendering Pipeline; Shaders; Vertex Shaders; Fragment Shaders; Basic Coloring Methods; Texture Mapping; Texture Coordinates; The Steps of Texturing; Limitations of Static Shading Lighting; Basics of Light Approximation; Measuring Light; Types of Light Sources; Surface Materials and Light Interaction; Lighting and Shading; Textures and Lighting; Advanced Lighting Rasterization ; Displays and Framebuffers; Conceptual Rasterization Pipeline; Determining the Fragments: Pixels Covered by a Triangle; Determining Visible Geometry; Computing Fragment Shader Inputs; Rasterizing Textures ; From Fragments to Pixels Random Numbers; Probability; Determining Randomness; Random Number Generators; Special Applications Intersection Testing ; Closest Point and Distance Tests; Object Intersection; A Simple Collision System Rigid-Body Dynamics; Linear Dynamics; Numerical Integration; Rotational Dynamics; Collision Response; Efficiency
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 794.8151; Computer games -- Programming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482250954
• Related ISBNs: 9781482250923
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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