3D Game Math

I was going to recommend "3D Game Engine Design", by David H. Eberly, but it is rather math intensive - calc3 would be insufficent to understand all the material It does come with a CD chuck-full of source code, and discusses the algorithms needed in the book. The mathematics involved are presented in a dense form... if you don''t understand how to read the equations, it could be difficult to figure out how they relate to the text.

I actually found it in stock at Barnes & Nobles, so you could take a look at it before you think about buying it.

The key problem here, is the math involved in 3D Video Games, isn''t 3D. It''s 7D. dx,dy,dz, dxy,dyz,dzx, dt. That''s why the math is so complicated. Where-ever you can, you reduce those dimension to as few as possible to make the solutions easier - the rotation is often first to go (dxy, dyz, dzx), and you''re left with 4D problems. Collision detection between moving objects is somewhat involved.

P.S. The d means ''the change in ___''

Magmai Kai Holmlor

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Mathematics For Computer Graphics Applications is a good book. Easy to understand, loads of exersises to test yourself on, although it doesn''t go up to the level that 3D Game Engine Design does.