Power 3D: High Speed Graphics in Windows 95-NT [CD-ROM]

Kyle Lussier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

A complete guide and reference to the numerical, mathematical and design concepts underlying 3D visualization, this book covers high-speed 3D graphics Windows NT/95 development--from beginning to end. It includes complete source code and descriptions of both simple and advanced 3D graphics modelers.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 532 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884777333
• ISBN-13: 978-1884777332
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,454,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Beginners should look elsewhere, May 22, 1998

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This review is from: Power 3D: High Speed Graphics in Windows 95-NT (CD-ROM)

Mr. Lussier emailed me that this book was for beginners. Nothing could be further from the truth! He writes out all these equations and algorithms for tesellation and rendering but never EXPLAINS how to create it in a program. As a result of this, his applications of Lace3D and Silly Space were difficult to follow and useless to me. My frustrations can summed up as follows. He does a very nice job of explaining how to setup up the OPEN GL environment but leaves this message in the OnPaint MFC function "Look up the OPEN GL drawing functions" without providing an example function to follow. What's more, he fails to list OPEN GL drawing function parameters in the back of the book, which defeats the whole purpose of covering it in the first place.

All in all, don't buy this book unless you already have an in depth knowledge of 3d graphics programming!