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Do you happen to recall the title of that book? Or what it was about?
by TuringTourist 3y ago
Do you happen to recall the title of that book? Or what it was about?
- tonyarkles 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36937572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36937572 Was this it?
- TuringTourist 3y agoThat is actually an earlier version of the book in the OP, they renamed it between editions.
- myth_drannon 3y agoOh, didn't realize there was a second edition to Flights of fantasy. Looks like they added a shading chapter and more sound code.
- chromatin 3y agoOh! I had the original version ("Flights of Fantasy") and that's where I learned as a teen about matrix multiplication to represent translation and rotation!
- NikkiA 3y agoNo idea sadly, I remember getting it from the university library in probably '91 or '92, and reading through it, but the title evades me, and searching on google and ddg brought no clues. As to what it was about? I recall it featuring programming flight simulations, BUT it might have been primarily a book about computer graphics, or game dev generally with a section on flight simulations. My memory tells me that the front cover had a sort of callout(*) with a proclamation that it had a section on using quaternions. (*) Callout, splash, burst, sticker, badge, seal, bastard, pick your favourite graphic design term.