Android OpenGL ES and 2D

Question

Well, here\'s my request. I don\'t know OpenGL already, and I\'m not willing to learn it, I want to learn OpenGL ES directly since I\'m targeting my development to android, howe

Answer 1

I see a lot of good info has already been provided. I wanted to share a site that helped get up to speed on OpenGLE quick! It only took a few months and had a custom coordinate system based on the Cartesian coordinate system. I was able to render 3D object no camera using Augmented Reality techniques.

I started with only programming experience, with no OpenGL experience. I used Ray Wenderlich's tutorials site. The information provided there is top notch and easy to comprehend. He cuts through most of the superfluous information and provides what you need to know to be productive quickly. I highly recommend this tutorial as the starting point: http://www.raywenderlich.com/5223/beginning-opengl-es-2-0-with-glkit-part-1

The other resource I'd recommend is a book by Erik M Buck, titled Learning OpenGL ES for iOS.

Some criticized it saying it was too simplistic. But that's exactly what I was looking for. It helped me understand all of the basics and gave me an idea on where i should go next to learn more advanced stuff. But not surprisingly, I was able to build my augmented reality app using the simple techniques i'd learned from Ray's site and Erik's book. Thanks to them both for sharing!!!