An implementation of a simple camera used to navigate into a 3D world. It is possible to rotate the camera moving the mouse, and to move around using W, A, S and D keys (ESC to close the application).
It can be used, for example, in first person games or in CAD applications.
As a little showcase, we created a very simple labyrinth.
Both grass and walls are rendered using shaders.
We also implemented a collision system, such as the user won't go "inside" a wall, but it will stop right before it.
Final project for the Computer Graphics course (A.Y. 2020/2021) of the University of Ferrara.
Teacher: Antonino Casile
Students: Alberto Paparella Badge number: 144261
Martina Tenani Badge number: 144739
There are two ways to move to a point in space.
The first is changing the position of the camera and moving it to that point (not possible in OpenGL), the other is changing the position of the point and bringing it to the camera.
Simply speaking, to produce the effect of moving forward, you either go forward yourself, or bring the world backwards.
So to produce the effect of going to the point (x,y) in space, it is possible to translate the world to the point (-x,-y) instead, and it will be indistinguishable.
If you wish to look to the right side, rotate the world to the left.
That is why we use the negative values of the angles while rotating.
Important note: always rotate first and then translate.
For the collission system, we implemented the followuing logic: check if the next step will locate the object around you; if that is the case, don't update the matrices in that direction.
Go to the project main directory sfpg/ with the command line and launch
the make command.
The project will create an executable in the same directory
called sfpg which can be launched with ./sfpg.
All .o files are stored in the obj/ directory, to keep things clean.