If you've got a firm grasp of C++ with a secret hankering to create a great game, this book is for you. Every practical aspect of programming an interactive game world is here - the only real limit is your imagination.
OpenGL SuperBible, Third Edition is a comprehensive, hands-on guide for Mac and Windows programmers who need to know how to program with the new version of OpenGL. This book will help readers master and expand their knowledge of 3D graphics programming and OpenGL implementation. Seasoned OpenGL programmers will also...
What a decade of advancements in interactive game technology—to think that only 10 to 15 years ago we
were pushing the envelope with car models for PC games that could today run glitch-free in many mobile
phone games. We’re certainly experiencing an exciting era in game development! However, this neverrelenting...
Beginning Android 3D Game Development is a unique, examples-driven book for today's Android and game app developers who want to learn how to build 3D game apps that run on the latest Android 5.0 (KitKat) platform using Java and OpenGL ES.
Android game app development continues to be one of the hottest...
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, remains the most authoritative introduction to the field. The first edition, the original “Foley and van Dam,” helped to define computer graphics and how it could be taught. The second edition became an even more comprehensive...
“Half of good lighting╇ is good texturing, and half of good texturing
is good lighting” is my favorite sage advice to new animators. It’s difficult to separate the
two areas of computer animation. Texturing—the re-creation of specific surface qualities
through the application of shaders,...
Adobe's Stage3D (previously codenamed Molehill) is a set of 3D APIs that has brought 3D to the Flash platform. Being a completely new technology, there were almost no resources to get you acquainted with this revolutionary platform, until now.
This book will show you how to make your very own next-gen 3D games in Flash. If...
Many of us wish to create our own video games. For some, gaming is a hobby, and
for others it is something fun to participate in casually. But for the rest of us,
gaming and the dream of making our own games is more like a passion. Chances
are, if you’ve purchased this book, you are looking to turn your desire and passion
into...
'This book is the definitive reference manual for mental ray version 3.4. It starts with a brief overview of the features of mental ray and continues with the specification of the mental ray scene description language, the mental ray shader interface, and the integration interface for third-party applications. All material is presented in...
