3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook

Chapter 7: Graphics Rendering Pipeline

In this chapter, we will learn how to implement a hierarchical scene representation and corresponding rendering pipeline. This will help us combine the rendering we completed for the geometry and materials we explored in the previous chapters. Instead of implementing a naive object-oriented scene graph where each node is represented by an object that's allocated on the heap, we will learn how to apply the data-oriented design approach to simplify the memory layout of our scene. This will make the modifications we apply to the scene graph significantly faster. This will also act as a basis for learning about data-oriented design principles and applying them in practice. The scene graph and materials representation ...