[TriLUG] June 7 Meeting - OpenGL

[Jeremy Davis]

*Topic:* OpenGL
*Presenter:* John Riselvato
*When:* Thursday, June 7, 7pm
*Where:* Red Hat HQ, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC
*Map:* Google Maps<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=red+hat+&hl=en&sll=35.773414,-78.675874&hq=red+hat>

This TriLUG meet is an introduction in OpenGL. OpenGL (Open Graphics
Library) is a hardware independent, cross-platform, cross-language API
for developing graphical interfaces. It takes simple points, lines and
polygons and gives the programmer the liberty to create outstanding
projects.

This presentation will cover the following:
- Introducing GLUT
- Creating a 2D Square
- Manipulating the Square
- OpenGL Rotation &Transform
- Adding 3D Rotation to the 2D Square
- Generating a pseudo-complex objects with a simple for loop

Although OpenGL is cross-language, the presentation code will be
displayed in C but understanding C is not needed.

Bio:
John Riselvato is a Computational Science Intern at Shodor in Durham,
North Carolina. John specializes in iOS development for Shodor, with
two apps currently on the app store. Recently he had an opportunity to
work on an OpenGL and CUDA project during his internship which sparked
a large interest in OpenGL.