3D Programming for Windows : Three-Dimensional Graphics Programming for the Windows Presentation Foundation

by Petzold, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780735623941
• ISBN10: 0735623945
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-25
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

The Windows Presentation Foundation is a key component of .NET Framework 3.0, which is a part of Windows Vista and available for Windows XP. With the Windows Presentation Foundation, 3D images can be displayed regardless of the video-display hardware on the users machine. Focusing on developing user interface objects or simple animations, this book builds on a readers knowledge of Windows Presentation Foundation essentials to demonstrate how to effectively create 3D graphics for Windows. You get the fundamental information for using the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D application programming interface (API), as well as in-depth coverage of mesh geometries.

Author Biography

Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.

Table of Contents

Lights! Camera! Mesh geometries!	p. 1
Transforms and animation	p. 55
Axis/angle rotation	p. 101
Light and shading	p. 149
Texture and materials	p. 185
Algorithmic mesh geometries	p. 237
Matrix transforms	p. 289
Quaternions	p. 337
Applications and curiosa	p. 367
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