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    iPhone 3D Programming

    • iPhone 3D Programming

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    • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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    • Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-80482-4

    • Pages in Print Edition: 448

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    Overview

    Do you have a great idea for a graphics-intensive iPhone application, but don't know how to bring it to life? This book offers the perfect solution: a crash course on the OpenGL graphics library with an overview of iPhone 3D development. Whether you're an experienced OpenGL developer looking to build iPhone apps for the first time, or an iPhone developer wanting to learn sophisticated graphics, iPhone 3D Programming brings both of these worlds together in one concise, easy-to-use guide.

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    Table of Contents

     Index

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    Copyright

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    Dedication

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    Foreword

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    Preface

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    1 Token    Chapter 1. Quick-Start Guide
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    Section 1.1. Transitioning to Apple Technology

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    Section 1.2. A Brief History of OpenGL ES

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    Section 1.3. Choosing the Appropriate Version of OpenGL ES

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    Section 1.4. Getting Started

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    Section 1.5. HelloArrow with Fixed Function

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    Section 1.6. HelloArrow with Shaders

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    Section 1.7. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 2. Math and Metaphors
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    Section 2.1. The Assembly Line Metaphor

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    Section 2.2. Assembling Primitives from Vertices

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    Section 2.3. Associating Properties with Vertices

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    Section 2.4. The Life of a Vertex

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    Section 2.5. The Photography Metaphor

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    Section 2.6. Saving and Restoring Transforms with Matrix Stacks

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    Section 2.7. Animation

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    Section 2.8. Vector Beautification with C++

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    Section 2.9. HelloCone with Fixed Function

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    Section 2.10. HelloCone with Shaders

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    Section 2.11. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 3. Vertices and Touch Points
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    Section 3.1. Reading the Touchscreen

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    Section 3.2. Saving Memory with Vertex Indexing

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    Section 3.3. Boosting Performance with Vertex Buffer Objects

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    Section 3.4. Creating a Wireframe Viewer

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    Section 3.5. Wrapping Up

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    Chapter 4. Adding Depth and Realism
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    Section 4.1. Examining the Depth Buffer

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    Section 4.2. Creating and Using the Depth Buffer

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    Section 4.3. Filling the Wireframe with Triangles

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    Section 4.4. Surface Normals

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    Section 4.5. Lighting Up

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    Section 4.6. Shaders Demystified

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    Section 4.7. Adding Shaders to ModelViewer

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    Section 4.8. Better Wireframes Using Polygon Offset

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    Section 4.9. Loading Geometry from OBJ Files

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    Section 4.10. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 5. Textures and Image Capture
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    Section 5.1. Adding Textures to ModelViewer

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    Section 5.2. Texture Coordinates Revisited

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    Section 5.3. Fight Aliasing with Filtering

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    Section 5.4. Texture Formats and Types

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    Section 5.5. Texture Compression with PVRTC

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    Section 5.6. The PowerVR SDK and Low-Precision Textures

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    Section 5.7. Generating and Transforming OpenGL Textures with Quartz

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    Section 5.8. Dealing with Size Constraints

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    Section 5.9. Creating Textures with the Camera

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    Section 5.10. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 6. Blending and Augmented Reality
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    Section 6.1. Blending Recipe

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    Section 6.2. Wrangle Premultiplied Alpha

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    Section 6.3. Blending Caveats

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    Section 6.4. Blending Extensions and Their Uses

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    Section 6.5. Shifting Texture Color with Per-Vertex Color

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    Section 6.6. Poor Man’s Reflection with the Stencil Buffer

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    Section 6.7. Stencil Alternatives for Older iPhones

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    Section 6.8. Anti-Aliasing Tricks with Offscreen FBOs

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    Section 6.9. Rendering Anti-Aliased Lines with Textures

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    Section 6.10. Holodeck Sample

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    Section 6.11. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 7. Sprites and Text
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    Section 7.1. Text Rendering 101: Drawing an FPS Counter

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    Section 7.2. Simplify with glDrawTexOES

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    Section 7.3. Crisper Text with Distance Fields

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    Section 7.4. Animation with Sprite Sheets

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    Section 7.5. Image Composition and a Taste of Multitexturing

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    Section 7.6. Mixing OpenGL ES and UIKit

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    Section 7.7. Rendering Confetti, Fireworks, and More: Point Sprites

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    Section 7.8. Chapter Finale: SpringyStars

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    Section 7.9. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 8. Advanced Lighting and Texturing
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    Section 8.1. Texture Environments under OpenGL ES 1.1

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    Section 8.2. Bump Mapping and DOT3 Lighting

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    Section 8.3. Reflections with Cube Maps

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    Section 8.4. Anisotropic Filtering: Textures on Steroids

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    Section 8.5. Image-Processing Example: Bloom

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    Section 8.6. Wrapping Up

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    1 Token    Chapter 9. Optimizing
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    Section 9.1. Instruments

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    Section 9.2. Understand the CPU/GPU Split

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    Section 9.3. Vertex Submission: Above and Beyond VBOs

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    Section 9.4. Lighting Optimizations

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    Section 9.5. Texturing Optimizations

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    Section 9.6. Culling and Clipping

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    Section 9.7. Shader Performance

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    Section 9.8. Optimizing Animation with Vertex Skinning

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    Section 9.9. Further Reading

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    1 Token    Appendix A. C++ Vector Library
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    Section A.1. Disclaimer Regarding Performance

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    Section A.2. Vector.hpp

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    Section A.3. Matrix.hpp

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    Section A.4. Quaternion.hpp

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