Introduction
One important requirement when doing low-level (close to the Operating System) animation is a grounded knowledge of vectors and matrices. All objects drawn need to be mathematically defined in a 3-dimensional X-Y-Z space. The easiest way to accomplish this is by representing locations and directions with vectors and operations with matrices. Basic information on matrices can be found easily. My discussion assumes a basic knowledge of matrices and strays into the fields of
- Normalisation
- The meaning of Determinants and how to calculate them
- The Cross product operation
- The Dot product operation
- Finding the Barycenter
Much of the illustration has been done using CAD. The text still needs to be worked on. It's strongest points are
- A good grounding on vectors
- Understanding the meaning of determinants
- Clear method on how to calculate the determinant
