... 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 ... matrices. Fortunately, there are a number of different libraries
to mimic these operations. One such library was released by Apple’s introduction of iOS 5.
Called the ES Framework API (and described...
... 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
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while OpenGLES 2 does not. Up until the introduction ... states, from eliminating
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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,
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... OpenGLES Context
The 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
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OpenGL ES ... to perform each step in the process for
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glGenBuffers()—Asks OpenGLES to generate a unique identifier for...
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Understanding Android Platform Capabilities
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What this code produces for us is essentially two string values that we can utilize for
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