OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 1.2

by Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, Tom Davis

Provides definitive and comprehensive information on OpenGL and the OpenGL Utility Library. Discusses all OpenGL functions and their syntax and shows how to use those functions to create interactive applications and realistic color images. Softcover. Computer Graphics.

Genres: Reference, Technical, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Software, Technology

730 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 1999

About the author

Co-author of the OpenGL Programming Guide.
Wrote the first version of Apple’s Metal Programming Guide.
Formerly presenter of OpenGL courses at Siggraph and Secretary of the OpenGL Architecture Review Board.

Reviews

[Kai Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

The famous red book, introduction to OpenGL. Probably very much outdated by today.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an ok guide to OpenGL. It's not exactly newbie material as the explanations are hard to follow and need to be re-read to understand what it's trying to say. It's more of a reference guide than a learning guide as the examples are somewhat poor as well.

[Michael]

Of course version 1.2 is out of date now.

[Northern · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is quite dated now, it covers the fixed function pipeline, but helped me understand and implement scene graph code.