What is a normal in OpenGL?
问题 I heard that I should use normals instead of colors, because colors are deprecated. (Is that true?) Normals have something to do with the reflection of light, but I can't find a clear and intuitive explanation. What is a normal? 回答1: A normal in general is a unit vector whose direction is perpendicular to a surface at a specific point. Therefore it tells you in which direction a surface is facing. The main use case for normals are lighting calculations, where you have to determine the angle