3D Programming for Windows®

Introduction

Microsoft Windows Vista is the first version of Windows to have built-in support for three-dimensional graphics. This 3D graphics support is integrated with the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the client application programming interface (API) that was introduced in 2006 as part of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. Although .NET 3.0 is automatically included in Windows Vista, you can also install it under Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1.

This book shows you how to write programs targeting the 3D graphics API of the Windows Presentation Foundation—or "WPF 3D," as it is known to its friends. This book is essentially a comprehensive examination of virtually all the classes ...