2011 – Alejandro Segovia Azapian

Stencil Shadow Volumes

December 26, 2011January 26, 2012Ale

I’ve built Stencil Shadow Volumes into the Vortex Engine. Shadows are a very interesting feature to implement in an renderer, as they provide important visual cues that help depict the…Continue readingStencil Shadow Volumes

iOS Objective-C

Objective-C Blocks

November 28, 2011November 28, 2011Ale

Lately, I have been playing with Objective-C blocks. These are easy to use constructs that enable defining functions “on the fly” when programming in Objective-C and are very similar to…Continue readingObjective-C Blocks

Android C

Exploring the Android NDK

November 21, 2011November 19, 2011Ale

I have been testing the Android development tools. From what I have learned, the tools are separated into two main products: the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Android…Continue readingExploring the Android NDK

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Digital Signage Expo

November 14, 2011November 14, 2011Ale

C++ Vortex-Engine

An Angel with Generated Normals

November 7, 2011November 20, 2011Ale

Sometimes the 3D models we have to display provide no information other than vertex data for the triangles they define. This might be enough to approximate the shape of the…Continue readingAn Angel with Generated Normals

Objective-C

Brief Introduction to Objective-C

November 4, 2011November 20, 2011Ale

Objective-C is a superset of the C programming language that adds object-oriented constructs. Unlike C++, which was influenced by Simula, Objective-C was influenced by Smalltalk, something we can definitely see…Continue readingBrief Introduction to Objective-C

C++ Vortex-Engine

Improving Vortex’s Smart Pointers

October 25, 2011October 26, 2011Ale

In out last post, we talked about the shift we are currently making in Vortex, moving towards reference-counted resource management. In this context, one of the problems we mentioned was…Continue readingImproving Vortex’s Smart Pointers

C++ Vortex-Engine

Towards Reference-Counted Resource Management in Vortex

October 20, 2011October 23, 2011Ale

Now that we have advanced support for a dual rendering pipeline in Vortex, we are now shifting our attention into a completely different topic. This time we are looking into…Continue readingTowards Reference-Counted Resource Management in Vortex

C++ Vortex-Engine

Dual Pipeline support in Vortex Engine

October 14, 2011November 7, 2011Ale

Continuing with the news related to the Vortex Engine, I’m glad to announce that the next version of Vortex will come with two separate rendering pipelines: a fixed rendering pipeline…Continue readingDual Pipeline support in Vortex Engine

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Steve Jobs 1955-2011

October 6, 2011October 6, 2011Ale

C++ Vortex-Engine

Md2 Models and Vortex Scene Graphs

October 3, 2011November 7, 2011Ale

Someone once said there is no building the engine without building a game. There is nothing like actually using your own tools in order to pinpoint the weak spots of…Continue readingMd2 Models and Vortex Scene Graphs

C++ Video

Herb Sutter’s “Why C++?” Talk Sum-up

September 8, 2011September 11, 2011Ale

This is a sum up of the points I believed to be the most interesting in Herb Sutter’s recent “Why C++?” talk. The video was published on Microsoft’s Channel9, but…Continue readingHerb Sutter’s “Why C++?” Talk Sum-up

Year: 2011

Stencil Shadow Volumes

Objective-C Blocks

Exploring the Android NDK

Digital Signage Expo

An Angel with Generated Normals

Brief Introduction to Objective-C

Improving Vortex’s Smart Pointers

Towards Reference-Counted Resource Management in Vortex

Dual Pipeline support in Vortex Engine

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Md2 Models and Vortex Scene Graphs

Herb Sutter’s “Why C++?” Talk Sum-up

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