Who this book is for

This book is intended for software developers, researchers, and students who are already familiar with the basic concepts of OpenSceneGraph and can write simple programs with it. A basic knowledge of C++ programming is also expected. Some experience of using and integrating platform-independent APIs is also useful, but is not required.

General real-time computer graphics knowledge would be sufficient. Some familiarity with

3D vectors, quaternion numbers, and matrix transformations is helpful.

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: “For Debian and Ubuntu users, make sure you have the root permission and type the command apt-get in the terminal as shown in the following command line.”