In learning, experimentation matters...
My young son Ridit is just doing this. He has taken a less travelled road in learning Computer Graphics. Instead of learning OpenGL first, he mastered 3D skills using Blender. This opens the door of "whats" of computer graphics. Now he is delving into OpenGL... this is opening up the door of "hows".
So his transformation is from a 3D engineer to computer graphics programmer..
This is his third program of openGL.
But he mastered three programming languages - namely Java, Python and C++ before doing such experimentation.
Here we go - the path from Blender to OpenGL...
📌 Blender Concept → OpenGL Implementation:
| Blender Concept | OpenGL Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Meshes & Objects | Vertex Buffers (VBO, VAO) |
| Transformations | glm::translate(), glm::rotate(), glm::scale() |
| Camera & View | glm::lookAt() (Perspective Projection) |
| Lights | GLSL Phong Lighting Model |
| Materials & Textures | Fragment Shader with sampler2D |
Learning computer science becomes fun when we do a lot of experimentation with the learning process.
Here's the tech blog of Ridit - a new face in tech sector of Bharat.
