OpenSceneGraph 3 Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- OpenSceneGraph 3 Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Customizing OpenSceneGraph -- Introduction -- Checking out the latest version of OSG -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- For Ubuntu users -- For Windows users -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring CMake options -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Building common plugins -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Compiling and packaging OSG on different platforms -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Compiling and using OSG on mobile devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Compiling and using dynamic and static libraries -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Generating the API documentation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Creating your own project using CMake -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 2. Designing the Scene Graph -- Introduction -- Using smart and observer pointers -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Sharing and cloning objects -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Computing the world bounding box of any node -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a running car -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Mirroring the scene graph -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Designing a breadth-first node visitor -- How to do it... -- There's more...

Implementing a background image node -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Making your node always face the screen -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using draw callbacks to execute NVIDIA Cg functions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing a compass node -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 3. Editing Geometry Models -- Introduction -- Creating a polygon with borderlines -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Extruding a 2D shape to 3D -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Drawing a NURBS surface -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Drawing a dynamic clock on the screen -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Drawing a ribbon following a model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Selecting and highlighting a model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Selecting a triangle face of the model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Selecting a point on the model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using vertex-displacement mapping in shaders -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the draw instanced extension -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 4. Manipulating the View -- Introduction -- Setting up views on multiple screens -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using slave cameras to simulate a power-wall -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using depth partition to display huge scenes -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing the radar map -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Showing the top, front, and side views of a model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Manipulating the top, front, and side views -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Following a moving model -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using manipulators to follow models -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Designing a 2D camera manipulator -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Manipulating the view with joysticks -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 5. Animating Everything -- Introduction -- Opening and closing doors -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Playing a movie in the 3D world -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Designing scrolling text -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing morph geometry -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Fading in and out -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Animating a flight on fire -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Dynamically lighting within shaders -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a simple Galaxian game -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Building a skeleton system -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Skinning a customized mesh -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Letting the physics engine be -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 6. Designing Creative Effects -- Introduction -- Using the bump mapping technique -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Simulating the view-dependent shadow -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Implementing transparency with multiple passes -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Reading and displaying the depth buffer -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing the night vision effect -- How to do it...

How it works... -- Implementing the depth-of-field effect -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Designing a skybox with the cube map -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a simple water effect -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a piece of cloud -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Customizing the state attribute -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 7. Visualizing the World -- Introduction -- Preparing the VirtualPlanetBuilder (VPB) tool -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Generating a small terrain database -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Generating terrain database on the earth -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Working with multiple imagery and elevation data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Patching an existing terrain database with newer data -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Building NVTT support for device-independent generation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using SSH to implement cluster generation -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Loading and rendering terrain from the Internet -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 8. Managing Massive Amounts of Data -- Introduction -- Merging geometry data -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Compressing texture -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Sharing scene objects -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring the database pager -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Designing a simple culling strategy -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using occlusion query to cull objects -- How to do it... -- How it works...

Managing scene objects with an octree algorithm -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Rendering point cloud data with draw instancing -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Speeding up the scene intersections -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 9. Integrating with GUI -- Introduction -- Integrating OSG with Qt -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Starting rendering loops in separate threads -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Embedding Qt widgets into the scene -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Embedding CEGUI elements into the scene -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the osgWidget library -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using OSG components in GLUT -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Running OSG examples on Android -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Embedding OSG into web browsers -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Designing the command buffer mechanism -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Index.