Buss, Samuel R. <br/><br/>
3-D computer graphics :   a mathematical introduction with OpenGL / 
Samuel R. Buss. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 371 pages) :   illustrations ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-357) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction<br/>2. Transformations and viewing<br/>3. Lighting, illumination, and shading<br/>4<br/>Averaging and interpolation<br/>5. Texture mapping<br/>6. Color<br/>7. Bezier curves<br/>8. B-Splines<br/>9. Ray tracing<br/>10. Intersection testing<br/>11. Radiosity<br/>12. Animation and kinematics<br/>Appendix A. Mathematics background<br/>Appendix Bb RayTracing software package. 
<br/><br/> This textbook emphasises fundamentals and the mathematics underlying 3D computer graphics while also covering programming techniques using OpenGL, a platform-independent graphics programming environment. Topics include transformations and viewing, lighting and shading, ray tracing, radiosity, texture mapping and colour theory, and aspects of animation, including quaternions, orientation, and inverse kinematics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780511804991 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer graphics.<br/>OpenGL.<br/>Three-dimensional display systems.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>006.693