CSci 480 Lecture Notes

(Fall) Week Six, Wednesday; (Summer) Week Three, Tuesday: Viewing in 3D (continued)

Handout: "Rotating a Weather Map," from Dr. Dobb's Journal, fair use for educational purposes.

6.5 The Mathematics of Planar Geometric Projections

Consider the perspective matrix of equation 6.3. General perspective matrices are obtained by multiplying by rotation and translation matrices.

6.6 Implementation of Planar Geometric Projections

General view volumes are normalized to the conanical view volume.

6.7 Coordinate Systems

3D rendering can be considered as a system of transformations through various coordinate systems.

(Fall) Homework Assignment

No homework assignment this week.


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