01 学习目标
(1) What the graphics pipelineis and how OpenGL relates to it.
图形管道
(2) The origins of OpenGL and how it came to be the way that it is today.
(3) Some of the fundamental concepts that we'll be building on throughout the book.
基础概念
02 接口 移植
OpenGL is an interface that your application can use to access and control the graphics subsystem of the device on which it runs.
commodity 日用品
Standardizing the interface to a subsystem increases portability and allows software developers to concentrate on creating quality products, producing interesting content, and ensuring the overall performs of their applications, rather than worry about the specifics of the platforms they want them to run on.
03 汽车工厂作类比
production lines 生产线
By overlapping(重叠) the phases(阶段) of production of the product, with each phase being executed by a skilled technician who concentrates his or her energy on that single task,each phase becomes more efficient and overall(全部的) productivity goes up. Also, by making many cars at the same time, a factory can have multiple workers installing multiple engines or wheels or doors and many cars can be on the production line at the same time, each at a different stage of completion.