Shaders are the core of the rendering process. OpenGL core profile requires us to provide our own shaders, no more fixed function. Using shaders means more flexibility, but it also implies more work. This is where this lib steps in. VSShaderLib was designed to make our life easier. It allows to create programs, load shaders … Read more
I don’t know where to put this. I’ve tried the AMD forum but got no reply. So here goes: I’ve only tested this on Windows 7 64 bits. Anyone with different/same results on same or other systems? – ARB Debug Output Extension When not in debug mode the following instruction causes an Access Violation in … Read more
A page has been added to the GLUT Tutorial with all the source code and Visual Studio 2010 projects available to download. Check it out here.
FixStars has just released their OpenCL book online. This book has been available in Amazon and other stores and now its free. The sample code is also available..
Logging is one of those things that we keep doing when debugging. The Very Simple Log Library provides a very basic logging mechanism that can ouput to strings and files.
gDEBugger, by graphicRemedy, was a very powerful standalone tool (still available in here) for debugging OpenGL and OpenCL. It could tell you all about your VBOs, textures, uniform values, show stats on function calls, show deprecated usage function, you name it. Now its back! This time it works inside Visual Studio 2010. It basically performs … Read more
Debugging is something we all do. It is one of those things we can’t escape… Tools like Visual Studio are very powerful for debugging purposes and provide lots of debug options and information. However most of us don’t master these tools properly. If this is the case then you might want to take a look … Read more
VSPL has a new version which allows us to profile both the CPU and the GPU. To get the GPU times VSPL uses the OpenGL Time Queries. A short tutorial for the OpenGL Time Query is available in here.
Some freely available books, some out of print, some still available in online stores, others in plain HTML. Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition (2 Volumes) by Bruce Eckel – This is probably the most famous one. There is also a printed version on sale. An Introduction to GCC, by Richard M. Stallman – A GNU C … Read more
“The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and … Read more