About This Guide
The OpenGL graphics system is a software interface to graphics hardware. “GL” stands for “Graphics Library.” It allows you to create interactive programs that produce color images of moving, three-dimensional objects. With OpenGL, you can control computer-graphics technology to produce realistic pictures, or ones that depart from reality in imaginative ways. This guide explains how to program with the OpenGL graphics system to deliver the visual effect you want.
What This Guide Contains
This guide has 15 chapters. The first five chapters present basic information that you need to understand to be able to draw a properly colored and lit three-dimensional object on the screen.
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to OpenGL,” provides ...
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