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Graphics Shaders Theory and Practice, Second Edition

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ISBN-10: 1568814348

ISBN-13: 9781568814346

Edition: 2nd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Mike Bailey, Steve Cunningham

List price: $110.00
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This book uses examples in OpenGL and OpenGL Shading Language to present the theory and application of shader programming. It explains how to program graphics shaders effectively for use in art, animation, gaming, and visualization. Along with improved graphics and new examples and exercises, this edition includes a new chapter on converting a fixed-function OpenGL program to a shader-based OpenGL program. It also explains how best to use tessellation shaders, illustrates the importance of the invariant qualifier for multipass rendering, and presents new applications, including terrain bump-mapping and LIDAR data.
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Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: A K Peters, Limited
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 518
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

Mike Bailey is an information security researcher specializing in web application and web browser security. In addition to discovering new attack methods, he has published vulnerabilities in thousands of major websites and services. Mike is currently serving as a Senior Security Researcher with Foreground Security, developing cutting-edge attack strategies and implementing them in penetration tests on government and private-sector environments. He has been described as "a good guy, with an evil mind," which he finds fitting. As an active member of the security community, Mike makes an effort to share information with others. He regularly speaks at the community's top conferences, provides…    

Steve Cunningham is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Central Lancashire. He has taught sociology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His research interests are focused on the sociology of childhood, children's rights, and, more recently, the impact of asylum policies on the welfare of refugee children, and he is the author of numerous publications in these areas.