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OpenGL Development Cookbook

By : Muhammad Mobeen Movania
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OpenGL Development Cookbook

By: Muhammad Mobeen Movania

Overview of this book

OpenGL is the leading cross-language, multi-platform API used by masses of modern games and applications in a vast array of different sectors. Developing graphics with OpenGL lets you harness the increasing power of GPUs and really take your visuals to the next level. OpenGL Development Cookbook is your guide to graphical programming techniques to implement 3D mesh formats and skeletal animation to learn and understand OpenGL. OpenGL Development Cookbook introduces you to the modern OpenGL. Beginning with vertex-based deformations, common mesh formats, and skeletal animation with GPU skinning, and going on to demonstrate different shader stages in the graphics pipeline. OpenGL Development Cookbook focuses on providing you with practical examples on complex topics, such as variance shadow mapping, GPU-based paths, and ray tracing. By the end you will be familiar with the latest advanced GPU-based volume rendering techniques.

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OpenGL Development Cookbook
Muhammad Mobeen Movania
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
OpenGL Development Cookbook
OpenGL Development Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Introduction to Modern OpenGL
Introduction to Modern OpenGL
Introduction
Setting up the OpenGL v3.3 core profile on Visual Studio 2010 using the GLEW and freeglut libraries
Designing a GLSL shader class
Rendering a simple colored triangle using shaders
Doing a ripple mesh deformer using the vertex shader
Dynamically subdividing a plane using the geometry shader
Dynamically subdividing a plane using the geometry shader with instanced rendering
Drawing a 2D image in a window using the fragment shader and the SOIL image loading library
2
3D Viewing and Object Picking
3D Viewing and Object Picking
Introduction
Implementing a vector-based camera with FPS style input support
Implementing the free camera
Implementing the target camera
Implementing view frustum culling
Implementing object picking using the depth buffer
Implementing object picking using color
Implementing object picking using scene intersection queries
3
Offscreen Rendering and Environment Mapping
Offscreen Rendering and Environment Mapping
Introduction
Implementing the twirl filter using the fragment shader
Rendering a skybox using static cube mapping
Implementing a mirror with render-to-texture using FBO
Rendering a reflective object using dynamic cube mapping
Implementing area filtering (sharpening/blurring/embossing) on an image using convolution
Implementing the glow effect
4
Lights and Shadows
Lights and Shadows
Introduction
Implementing per-vertex and per-fragment point lighting
Implementing per-fragment directional light
Implementing per-fragment point light with attenuation
Implementing per-fragment spot light
Implementing shadow mapping with FBO
Implemeting shadow mapping with percentage closer filtering (PCF)
Implementing variance shadow mapping
5
Mesh Model Formats and Particle Systems
Mesh Model Formats and Particle Systems
Introduction
Implementing terrains using the height map
Implementing 3ds model loading using separate buffers
Implementing OBJ model loading using interleaved buffers
Implementing EZMesh model loading
Implementing simple particle system
6
GPU-based Alpha Blending and Global Illumination
GPU-based Alpha Blending and Global Illumination
Introduction
Implementing order-independent transparency using front-to-back peeling
Implementing order-independent transparency using dual depth peeling
Implementing screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO)
Implementing global illumination using spherical harmonics lighting
Implementing GPU-based ray tracing
Implementing GPU-based path tracing
7
GPU-based Volume Rendering Techniques
GPU-based Volume Rendering Techniques
Introduction
Implementing volume rendering using 3D texture slicing
Implementing volume rendering using single-pass GPU ray casting
Implementing pseudo-isosurface rendering in single-pass GPU ray casting
Implementing volume rendering using splatting
Implementing transfer function for volume classification
Implementing polygonal isosurface extraction using the Marching Tetrahedra algorithm
Implementing volumetric lighting using the half-angle slicing
8
Skeletal and Physically-based Simulation on the GPU
Skeletal and Physically-based Simulation on the GPU
Introduction
Implementing skeletal animation using matrix palette skinning
Implementing skeletal animation using dual quaternion skinning
Modeling cloth using transform feedback
Implementing collision detection and response on a transform feedback-based cloth model
Implementing a particle system using transform feedback
Index
Index

About the Reviewers

Bastien Berthe is a young and passionate 3D programmer. Always attracted by 3D and video games, after a few years of studying in France, he went to the Sherbrooke University in Canada and received a postgraduate degree in Computer Science, specializing in real-time systems, 3D visualization, and video games development.

He is now working as a 3D Graphics Specialist Consultant at CAE (Montreal, QC) since 2012 and, more precisely, he is working on a new generation simulator's visualization system using mainly OpenSceneGraph and OpenGL.

CAE (http://www.cae.com) is a global leader in modeling, simulation, and training for civil aviation, defence, healthcare, and mining.

Dimitrios Christopoulos studied Computer Engineering and informatics at the University of Patras, Greece and holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics from the University of Hull in Great Britain. He started game programming in the '80s, and has been using OpenGL since 1997 for games, demos, European Union research projects, museum exhibits, and virtual reality productions. His research interests include virtual reality, human computer interaction, computer graphics, and games, with numerous publications in relevant conferences and journals. He coauthored the book More OpenGL Game Programming, Cengage Learning PTR and has also contributed to OpenGL Game Programming. He currently works as a virtual reality and 3D graphics software engineer producing games, educational applications, and cultural heritage productions for virtual reality installations.

Oscar Ripolles received his degree in Computer Engineering in 2004 and his Ph.D. in 2009 at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellon, Spain. He has also been a researcher at the Université de Limoges, France and at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain. He is currently working in neuroimaging at Neuroelectrics in Barcelona, Spain. His research interests include multiresolution modeling, geometry optimization, hardware programming, and medical imaging.

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