gluLookAt

define a viewing transformation

Signature

gluLookAt( GLdouble ( eyeX ) , GLdouble ( eyeY ) , GLdouble ( eyeZ ) , GLdouble ( centerX ) , GLdouble ( centerY ) , GLdouble ( centerZ ) , GLdouble ( upX ) , GLdouble ( upY ) , GLdouble ( upZ ) )-> void
gluLookAt( eyeX , eyeY , eyeZ , centerX , centerY , centerZ , upX , upY , upZ )
gluLookAt( GLdouble(eyeX), GLdouble(eyeY), GLdouble(eyeZ), GLdouble(centerX), GLdouble(centerY), GLdouble(centerZ), GLdouble(upX), GLdouble(upY), GLdouble(upZ) ) -> None

Parameters

VariablesDescription
eyeX, eyeY, eyeZ
Specifies the position of the eye point.
centerX, centerY, centerZ
Specifies the position of the reference point.
upX, upY, upZ
Specifies the direction of the up vector.

Description

gluLookAt creates a viewing matrix derived from an eye point, a reference point indicating the center of the scene, and an UP vector.
The matrix maps the reference point to the negative z axis and the eye point to the origin. When a typical projection matrix is used, the center of the scene therefore maps to the center of the viewport. Similarly, the direction described by the UP vector projected onto the viewing plane is mapped to the positive y axis so that it points upward in the viewport. The UP vector must not be parallel to the line of sight from the eye point to the reference point.
Let
F = centerX - eyeX centerY - eyeY centerZ - eyeZ
Let UP be the vector upX upY upZ .
Then normalize as follows:
f = F F
UP = UP UP
Finally, let s = f UP , and u = s s f .
M is then constructed as follows:
M = s 0 s 1 s 2 0 u 0 u 1 u 2 0 - f 0 - f 1 - f 2 0 0 0 0 1
and gluLookAt is equivalent to
glMultMatrixf(M); glTranslated(-eyex, -eyey, -eyez);

See Also

Sample Code References

The following code samples have been found which appear to reference the functions described here. Take care that the code may be old, broken or not even use PyOpenGL.

gluLookAt
OpenGLContext OpenGLContext/browser/nodes.py Lines: 47
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/GLUT/tom/checker.py Lines: 73
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/GLUT/tom/lorentz.py Lines: 81
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/GLUT/tom/text.py Lines: 66
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/GLUT/tom/cone.py Lines: 75
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/redbook/movelight.py Lines: 96
OpenGL-Demo PyOpenGL-Demo/redbook/cube.py Lines: 73
{LGPL or GPL or MPL} Kamaelia Code/Python/Kamaelia/Kamaelia/UI/OpenGL/OpenGLDisplay.py Lines: 774
{LGPL or GPL or MPL} Kamaelia Sketches/CL/Topology3D/THF/Kamaelia/UI/OpenGL/OpenGLDisplay.py Lines: 757
Gloopy gloopy/view/modelview.py Lines: 36

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