An Interactive Introduction To OpenGL Programming

SIGGRAPH 2000

An Interactive Introduction To OpenGL Programming

CDROM Contents:

This directory contains the course presentation notes and tutorials, as well as some background papers regarding OpenGL. The tutorials include versions compiled for SGI's Irix and Microsoft Windows 9X/NT operating systems. All necessary data is included with the programs.

In addition, the source code for the programs from The OpenGL Programming Guide, 3^rd Edition, and Ed Angel's book Interactive Computer Graphics, A top-down approach with OpenGL, 2^nd Edition are included on the CDROM.

Course Note Files:

front.pdf contains a brief introduction to the concepts of the course, as well as the background of the course presenters and a table of contents for the presentation notes.
opengl.pdf contains the course notes and slides that were presented at the conference.

Background Papers:

design.pdf is one of the original design documents for the OpenGL rendering library authored by Kurt Akeley and Mark Segal.

OpenGL Information:

For the most up-to-date information about OpenGL, as well as examples, papers, algorithms, and sample code, visit the OpenGL web site at www.opengl.org.

Tutorial Programs:

The tutorial programs included with the course were written by Nate Robins and Mason Woo. The source code, along with the necessary data files are included, as well as compiled versions for SGI's Irix and Microsoft Windows 9X/NT operating systems. The tutorials included with the CDROM are:

Shapes emphasizes the geometric rendering primitives available in OpenGL.
Projection illustrates OpenGL projection and viewing transformations and clipping.
Transformations shows OpenGL modeling transformations and their affect on geometric objects.
Light Material demonstrates the use of material and light properties in OpenGL lighting.
Light Position emphasizes the affects of transformations on setting the position of OpenGL lights, and the different lighting affects that can be achieved.
Texture demonstrates OpenGL texture mapping and all of the functional controls in how textures are applied to geometric objects.
Fog shows the usage and affects of the fog in OpenGL.

Dave Shreiner
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
April 2000