Matrix Transforms for Computer Games and Animation

• Main Author: Vince, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Mathematics.; Computer Science.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Mathematics, general.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Matrix transforms are ubiquitous within the world of computer graphics, where they have become an invaluable tool in a programmer’s toolkit for solving everything from 2D image scaling to 3D rotation about an arbitrary axis. Virtually every software system and hardware graphics processor uses matric...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Introduction to Matrix Notation
• Determinants
• Matrices
• Matrix Transforms
• Transforms
• Quaternions
• Conclusion
• Composite Point Rotation Sequences
• Index.