gluPerspective(3G) OpenGL Reference gluPerspective(3G)NAME
gluPerspective - set up a perspective projection matrix
C SPECIFICATION
void gluPerspective( GLdouble fovy,
GLdouble aspect,
GLdouble zNear,
GLdouble zFar )
PARAMETERS
fovy Specifies the field of view angle, in degrees, in the y
direction.
aspect Specifies the aspect ratio that determines the field of view in
the x direction. The aspect ratio is the ratio of x (width) to y
(height).
zNear Specifies the distance from the viewer to the near clipping plane
(always positive).
zFar Specifies the distance from the viewer to the far clipping plane
(always positive).
DESCRIPTION
gluPerspective specifies a viewing frustum into the world coordinate
system. In general, the aspect ratio in gluPerspective should match the
aspect ratio of the associated viewport. For example, aspect = 2.0 means
the viewer's angle of view is twice as wide in x as it is in y. If the
viewport is twice as wide as it is tall, it displays the image without
distortion.
The matrix generated by gluPerspective is multipled by the current
matrix, just as if glMultMatrix were called with the generated matrix.
To load the perspective matrix onto the current matrix stack instead,
precede the call to gluPerspective with a call to glLoadIdentity.
Given f defined as follows:
f = cotangent(____)
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gluPerspective(3G) OpenGL Reference gluPerspective(3G)
The generated matrix is
( ______ 0 ____0_____ _____0______ )
NOTES
Depth buffer precision is affected by the values specified for zNear and
zFar. The greater the ratio of zFar to zNear is, the less effective the
depth buffer will be at distinguishing between surfaces that are near
each other. If
r = _____
roughly log2r bits of depth buffer precision are lost. Because r
approaches infinity as zNear approaches 0, zNear must never be set to 0.
SEE ALSO
glFrustum, glLoadIdentity, glMultMatrix, gluOrtho2D
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