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Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, Second
Edition: A Programmer's Guide (c) by Morgan Kaufmann

The type of the release is: eBook
In the PDF format with ISBN: 0123742978 and Pub Date: May 16, 2008
The size of the release is: 02 disks x 2.88mb
And released on: 08/16/2008


Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, 2nd
edition presents the core mathematics necessary for sophisticated 3D
graphics and interactive physical simulations. The book begins with
linear algebra and matrix multiplication and expands on this foundation
to cover such topics as color and lighting, interpolation, animation and
basic game physics. Essential Mathematics focuses on the issues of 3D
game development important to programmers and includes optimization
guidance throughout. The new edition Windows code will now use Visual
Studio.NET. There will also be DirectX support provided, along with
OpenGL - due to its cross-platform nature. Programmers will find more
concrete examples included in this edition, as well as additional
information on tuning, optimization and robustness. The book has a
companion CD-ROM with exercises and a test bank for the academic
secondary market, and for main market: code examples built around a
shared code base, including a math library covering all the topics
presented in the book, a core vector/matrix math engine, and libraries
to support basic 3D rendering and interaction. There is also an
associated website with updates and code patches, and PowerPoint slides
from presentations.

--Simple game engine with math, rendering, and input libraries on the
CD-ROM, so that game developers can immediately start applying the
techniques they learn in a basic codebase.
--Exercises on the CD-ROM for educators to use for course material
--Code samples shown throughout the book for real-world application

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