With this course we got introduced to OpenGL 2.1, or more specifically the GLUT frameowrk. The goal of this course and project was to design and develop a 3D graphics application and scene that exhibits key techniques in graphics programming using OpenGL.

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The code I wrote is in the Scene.h and Scene.cpp files

The techniques I have successfuly implemented are:

Lighting

• Point light and a spot light
• different properties on the geometry to simulate different reflection values and materials

Geometry

• hand crafted geometry using vertexes
• transparent textures
• depth buffer for the skybox
• hierarchy modelling for planets orbiting a sun
• trilinear filtering for the ground texture

Camera

• fully functioning 1st person camera with keyboard and mouse movement
• static birds eye camera

This was an amazing learning experience. I had not used an API before and it was interesting to learn how the render pipeline works. The biggest challenge I faced in this project was the calculations for the camera, but with the help of the teaching staff and fellow students I got it working as I wanted and understood much better how the math behind it works.