Python in Practice: Create Better Programs Using Concurrency, Libraries, and Patterns

8. OpenGL 3D Graphics in Python

§8.1. A Perspective Scene

§8.1.1. Creating a Cylinder with PyOpenGL

§8.1.2. Creating a Cylinder with pyglet

§8.2. An Orthographic Game

§8.2.1. Drawing the Board Scene

§8.2.2. Handling Scene Object Selection

§8.2.3. Handling User Interaction

Many modern applications, such as design tools, data visualization tools, games—and, of course, screensavers—use 3D graphics. All of the Python GUI toolkits mentioned in the previous chapter provide support for 3D graphics, either directly or through add-ons. The 3D support is almost invariably in the form of an interface to the system’s OpenGL libraries.

There are also many 3D Python graphics packages that provide high-level interfaces to simplify OpenGL programming. Some ...