... three values. These values are joined together to form faces, which are flat surfaces that look remarkably like triangles. The triangles are then joined together to form objects or pieces of objects. ... implementations using the industry standard OpenGLES toolkit for small devices. While Android can support both flavors—version 1.x for the easy way, and version 2.x for those who like to get where the ... in OpenGL makes screens with limited color palettes look somewhat nicer but at the expense of performance of course. glHint() in line 17 is used to nudge OpenGLES to do what it thinks best...
... standard OpenGLES toolkit for small devices. While iOS supports both flavors—version 1.x for the easy way, and version 2.x for those who like to get where the nitty-is-gritty—I mainly cover the former, ... Framework API (and described in Apple’s official OpenGLES 2.0 Programming Guide), it’s designed to ease the transition to OpenGLES 2.0. When dealing with OpenGL, this particular matrix is called ... bicubic surfaces. The former could be used to add complexity to simple forms by using images of texture instead of having to create texture and roughness using discrete points and surfaces, as shown...
... job, but for now we’re just going to be sticking with basic OpenGL ES. Note Besides OpenGL itself, a popular helper toolkit called GL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) is available. GLUT provides a portable ... calls to handle vectors, matrices, and quaternions. OpenGL ES 1.x has wrappers around the transformations, hiding much of the inner workings, while OpenGLES 2 does not. Up until the introduction ... states, from eliminating back faces, as shown earlier, to smoothing points (GL_POINT-SMOOTH), to performing depth tests (GL_DEPTH_TEST). It can also affect performance if you use it a lot. Best...
... Combining Cocoa Touch with OpenGL ES This chapter’s first example application, OpenGLES_Ch2_1, provides the starting point for examples in this book. The program configures OpenGLES to render an image ... simplifies many common programming tasks and partially hides the differences between the two supported OpenGLES versions. This book focuses on OpenGL ES version 2.0 for iOS 5 with GLKit. OpenGL ES ... uses of OpenGLESfor iOS devices. Numerous example programs demonstrate graphics programming concepts. The website at http://opengles.cosmicthump.com/ hosts the examples, related articles,...
... two properties: @property (nonatomic, retain) NSManagedObjectContext *managedObjectContext; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSFetchedResultsController➥ *fetchedResultsController; These properties ... request that will retrieve Event entities, as shown in this code: NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Event"➥ ... fetched results controller. */ // Create the fetch request for the entity. NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; // Edit the entity name as appropriate. NSEntityDescription...
... OpenGLES ContextThe information that configures OpenGLES resides in platform-specific software data structures encapsulated within an OpenGLES context. OpenGLES is a state machine, which ... simplifies many common programming tasks and partially hides the differences between the two supported OpenGLES versions. This book focuses on OpenGL ES version 2.0 for iOS 5 with GLKit. OpenGL ES ... to perform each step in the process for using one type of buffer and provides similar functions for other types of buffer.■ glGenBuffers()—Asks OpenGLES to generate a unique identifier for...
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... 34.2MBTables: US_STATES, US_COUNTIES, US_CITIES, US_INTERSTATES, US_PARKS, US_RIVERS, WORLD_CONTINENTS,and WORLD_COUNTRIESDescription: This file contains the boundaries of states and counties in ... systems and processes to run smoothly and efficiently.This example illustrates the pervasiveness of location or spatial information in day-to-day business.In fact, market research estimates that ... Spatial indexes ensure effective response times for queriesthat perform proximity analysis. The chapter introduces the concepts of spatial indexes andtheir creation. We then describe different...
... ODP.NET Classes ODP.NET uses the namespace Oracle.Data.Client. It inherits from the ADO.NET base classes and therefore provides a set of data access classes, methods, and properties familiar ... set of COM interfaces that define data access to a variety of data sources. The concept of OLEDB is straightforward: the provider implements these COM interfaces and provides, for example, the ... ASP.NET providers in Listing 1-2. Oracle Data Provider for .NET 2.0 This is the ODP.NET provider for the .NET 2.0 framework. Oracle Data Provider for .NET 1.x This is the ODP.NET provider for...
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