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Those of you amongst us that know a little about games programming please lend me an ear.

I'm a britfag and I've just finished the second year of a three year university/college degree in 'information technology'. I have to chose a project for my dissertation in my final year. I'd like to try developing some 3D applications and maybe a very, very basic interactive game (too ambitious?).

Given that I only know the bare minimum Visual C++ what would you suggest reading over the summer to help learn more? Subjects I can chose to write a program about include "graphics, physics simulation and AI". I'm thinking still C++ but someone mentioned recently that C# was the way to go...

>>21
A triangle is a 3d object if you want it to be one.  For instance most meshes are made up of a lot of triangles.  So your example of triangle being 2d is retarded.  That's like saying a line is one dimensional.  In fact it can exist in other Spaces.

I understand that SICP is some sort of meme around these parts but seriously, is it worth reading?

>>41
Except that you're a dipshit and wrong.

>>43
I think what he's saying is that a triangle only exists on a particular plane, so while it is inherently two-dimensional, the plane it rests on can be anywhere within a 3D space.

>>44
Ergo his wrong bitch.

>>42
Pros:
Satori

Cons:
Uses SCHEME instead of CROMA, making it unsuited to the real world.

>>45
No, >>44 is correct.

>>47
You can put a cat on a table, doesn't make it a tablecat.

>>46
Back to bed Ginger

>>48
you can put a nigger in a civilization, doesnt make it civilized

>>48
But if you make the cat out of triangles, it may exist in more than two spatial dimensions.

>>50
true dat

>>50
back to /b/, please.

>>51
"3d object containing 2d triangles" ≠ "3d triangle"

>>54
3d triangle:
(1,2,3),(2,3,4),(0,0,0)

>>55
wtf

I'm saying.  If you take a fucking triangle.  Place it in R3, it becomes 3 dimensional.  You can argue this all you want but it would be dumb to do so.  A triangle placed into  R3 is 3D.  You can say it is 2D all you want but try and do anything with it and you fail.  It is fucking 3D for all extents and purposes as much as a sphere.  You can look up all these bullshit definitions and such but in the end it is a fucking 3d triangle.

I will also say it is 3d because of all the rotations, translations possible.  Also all the other operations available such as taking the normals, calculating how it appears to a given camera etc.  When you place a triangle in 3d you can't specify it as only 2d without destroying a lot of options/operations.

Okay, now I get it. Of course, any 2D object put into 3D becomes 3D.

>>57
extents
Whoops, there goes your credibility.

>>40
No, you, you pathetic SICP nüfag.

>>57-58
Look up definitions?  Of a triangle?  What the fuck are you talking about?  You can put it wherever you want and transform it however you want and it's still a goddamn triangle.  Which is 2-dimensional.

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