Course outline

• Welcome (& maybe a corny joke)
• Introduction
  • Very Brief History of OpenGL ES
  • Overview of OpenGL ES Architecture
  • OpenGL Naming Conventions & Datatypes
  • Fixed Pipeline (GL ES 1.0) vs Programmable Pipeline (GL ES 2.0)
  • Why OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Introduction to GLKit
    • Other libraries for < 5.0 support
  • When to Use, When Not to Use
    • Alternatives to OpenGL ES
  • Hardware Architecture
    • GPU vs. CPU
    • Limitations of GPU
• Fundamentals
  • Cartesian Coordinate System
  • 2D vs. 3D
  • Vector vs. Scalar Datatypes
  • Vertices
  • Datatype & Terminology
  • Role in Programmable Pipeline
  • Polygons (Triangles)
  • Winding Rule & Backface Culling
  • Euclidian Vectors
  • Color
• The Programmable Pipeline
  • Shaders
    • Vertex Shader
    • Fragment Shader
    • Intro to GLSL
      • Datatypes
      • Built-in Functions
  • Attributes
  • Uniforms
  • Varyings
  • Programs
    • MCGLProgram class
• The Third Dimension
  • OpenGL ES Buffers
    • Render Buffer
    • Frame Buffer
    • Depth Buffer
    • Configuring Buffers using GLKView
  • Drawing
    • Vertex Arrays
    • glDrawArrays() vs. glDrawElements()
    • Drawing Modes (points, triangles, triangle strips, triangle fans, etc.)
• Matrices
  • Overview of Matrices
  • Matrix Datatypes
    • GLKMatrix2, GLKMatrix3, GLKMatrix4
  • Primary Uses of Matrices in OpenGL ES
    • Model, View, & Projection
  • Model
    • Translation (Movement)
    • Rotation
      • Euler Angles & Gimbal Lock
    • Scale
  • View
    • Look At
  • Projection
    • Orthographic
    • Perspective
  • Matrix Stacks
• Lighting
  • Overview of Lighting Concepts
    • Light Components: Specular, Diffuse, Ambient
    • OpenGL ES Lighting is a Cheat
    • Normals
  • GLKBaseEffect lighting
    • Per vertex vs. Per pixel
  • Shader Lighting
    • Per Vertex
    • Per Pixel
      • Directional
        • Simple
        • Blinn-Phong
      • Point Light
      • Spot Light
• Textures
  • Overview of OpenGL ES Textures
  • Texture Units
  • GLKTextureLoader
  • Textures and Uniforms
    • Warning about glUniform1i() for texture use & relationship to shaders
  • Blending Modes
  • Repeating & Clamping Textures
  • UV Texture Mapping
    • Texture Coordinates Datatype
  • Cube Maps

Time permitting

• Space & World Organization
  • Overview of Spaces
    • Model Space (aka Object Space)
    • Camera Space
    • World Space
  • Modeling a Camera System
• Advanced Lighting &Shader Effects
  • Normal Mapping & Dot 3 Lighting
  • Toon Shading
• Keyframe Animation
  • Overview of Keyframe Animation
  • Drawbacks
• Quaternion
  • Overview of Quaternion
  • Quaternion Datatype
    • GLKQuaternion
  • Conversion from Quaternion to Matrix and Back
• Skeletal Animation
  • Overview of Skeletal Animation
  • Benefits & Drawbacks compared to Keyframe Animation
  • Ways of Representing Bones & Skeletons
    • Joints vs. Bones
    • Quaternions vs. Matrices

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