In Brief

In this chapter we covered the basics of animation, specifically skeletal animation. Topics included

  • Creating and loading a frame hierarchy

  • Walking this hierarchy to update and render the meshes

  • Using the animation controller

  • Converting our animated character to an indexed mesh

In the next chapter, we will discuss how to use sound in your applications.

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