3D Mmath Primer for Graphics and Game Development

• Main Authors: Dunn, Fletcher (Author), Parberry, Ian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton CRC Press 2011
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Computer games > Programming; Computer science > Mathematics; Computer graphics > Programming
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• Item Description: "An A K Peters book."
• Physical Description: xxi, 824 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p 801-805) and index
• ISBN: 9781568817231; 1568817231

This engaging book presents the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render a 3D world. Reflecting both academic and in-the-trenches practical experience, the authors teach you how to describe objects and their positions, orientations, and trajectories in 3D using mathematics. The text provides an introduction to mathematics for game designers, including the fundamentals of coordinate spaces, vectors, and matrices. It also covers orientation in three dimensions, calculus and dynamics, graphics, and parametric curves.