3D Realtime Graphics Booklist - General Graphic Programming
Jeff Lander
jeffl@darwin3d.com

This is a list of the books that are used frequently on my programmer's
bookshelf.  I have included comments on the contents and usefulness
of each title.  These opinions are my own and the usefulness has been largely 
dependent on the applications I have written.

As always, your mileage may vary.

Thanks to Brian Hook for expanding my book horizons and providing
many of the ISBN Numbers and Titles.  He has a book list as well with his opinions.  
See his original booklist at "http:://www.wksoftware.com/3dbooks.txt"

3D Computer Graphics

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (2nd Ed.)
   	J.D. Foley, A. van Dam, S.K. Feinder, J.F. Hughes
   	Addison-Wesley 1990, ISBN 0-201-12110-7

	This really is the Bible of 3D Graphics.  Covers every major
	topic and technique in the field.  The bibliography is worth
	the price alone.  I have found many a great reference in here.

	If you do 3D, you NEED this book!!!!

Animation and Rendering Techniques  
	Alan Watt and Mark Watt  
	Addison-	Wesley 1993, ISBN 0-201-54412-1

	I like this book also since it covers in depth many of the more
	advanced techniques in graphics.  Volume Rendering, Radiosity,
	and Hierarchical motion are among the highlights.

3D Computer Graphics, 2nd Ed.
	Alan Watt
	Addison-Wesley 1993, ISBN 0-201-63186-5

	Another good encyclopedia of 3D Graphics.  Makes a good companion
	to Foley, Van Dam.  It gives a little different perspective and
	different explanations on some topics.

Digital Image Warping
	George Wolberg
	IEEE Computer Society Press 1990, ISBN 0-8186-8944-7
	
	The definitive work on texture mapping.  Covers Affine, 
	perspective correct, quadratic, and cubic texture mapping in 3D.
	Available now on a Dr. Dobbs Graphics CD Rom.


3D Computer Graphics cont.

Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective
	Ian Ashdown
	Wiley & Sons 1994, ISBN 0-471-30444-1

	I enjoy this book very much.  I am becoming fond of Radiosity as
	a pre-process to real-time texturing.  This is the best source.

Computer Graphics: An Introduction to the Mathematics and Geometry
	Michael Mortenson
	Industrial Press 1989, ISBN 0831111828

	I find this book very useful for finding all the equations
	I have forgotten over the years.  

Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach
	David S. Ebert, F. Kenton Musgrave, Darwyn Peachey, Ken Perlin, and Steven Worley
	Academic Press Professional 1994 ISBN 0-12-228760-6

	More of a Renderman - type shader book.  It has some good explanations on topics 
	like Environment mapping, bump mapping, and procedural textures.

Graphic Gems Series:

	I find some of this stuff useful but much of it doesn't work for 	
	me.  There are definitely "Gems" here, but also a lot of plain old
	rock.  Be sure and look them over before you buy.  Some articles
	are definitely worth a look.

Graphics Gems			
   Andrew Glassner (ed.) Academic Press 1990 
   ISBN 0-12-286165-5
Graphics Gems II, 		
   James Arvo (ed.) Academic Press 1991, 
   ISBN 0-12-64480-0
Graphics Gems III	
   David Kirk (ed.)   Academic Press 1992, 
   ISBN 0-12-409670-0 (with IBM disk) ISBN 0-12-409671-9 (with Mac disk)
Graphics Gems IV
   Paul Heckbert (ed.) Academic Press, 1994, 
   ISBN 0-12-336156-7(Mac) ISBN 0-12-336155-9 (PC)