Product Description

Currently, there are no directly competitive titles to Lin's title, and considering the explosive growth of not only 3-D graphics but the Linux operating system, this new book will be valuable to developers interested in graphics programming. The CD-ROM contains a series of animated 3-D videos illustrating key 3-D graphics concepts, such as the transformation from world space into camera space. It also features Blender 3-D, a professional quality 3-D modeler.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1992103 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 598 pages

Book Info
Text aimed at 3D game developers, showing how to maximize the potential of Linux 3D graphics programming. The CD-ROM features a Linux operating system, a compiler and debugger, code and examples from the text, a Mesa 3D library, 3D models and animations, and a Blender 3D modeling and animation suite. System requirements not listed. Softcover.

About the Author
Norman Lin is a professional software consultant with more than 15 years of international software development experience and a MS degree in computer science.

His many professional interests combine the technical with the creative, covering such areas as computer graphics, music theory, chaos theory, fractals, L-systems, formal languages, and game programming. He has worked on such diverse projects as 3D data visualization, Internet knowledge management, and OO prototyping. Lin lives in Graz, Austria.