This is a great book, however, with the Kindle version being priced only 5 dollars less than the hardcover, one would expect that you would get the same value. However, you do not, as the CD-ROM that is included with hardcover is not included with the kindle edition. This is an issue, when for
Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications: A Programmer's Guide
โ Scribed by James M. Van Verth, Lars M. Bishop
- Publisher
- Morgan Kaufmann
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 709
- Series
- The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3d Technology
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Based on the authors' popular tutorials at the Game Developers Conference, Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications presents the core mathematics necessary for sophisticated 3D graphics and interactive physical simulations. The book begins with linear algebra and matrix manipulation and expands on this foundation to cover such topics as texture filtering, interpolation, animation, and basic game physics. Essential Mathematics focuses on the issues of 3D game development important to programmers and includes optimization guidance throughout.
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As a novice game programming hobbyist, I've written applications using the DirectX SDK to render 3D visuals without really understanding what's happening behind the scenes. Applying a transformation matrix to a model and illuminating it with a spotlight just seemed to be magic beyond my understandin
Elsevier, 2004. - 711 pages.<div class="bb-sep"></div>"Even though I've worked with these systems for years, I found new ways of looking at several topics that make them easier to remember and use. For someone new to 3D programming, it is extremely usefulit gives them a solid background in pretty mu