Why are cameras usualy implemented pointing to -Z direction, not Z? Is there any technical background behind this or its just an unformal convection?
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Camera pointing to -Z
Started by santa01, Aug 11 2012 06:02 PM
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 06:39 PM
It has to do with the right-handed coordinate system, positive x and y point right and up respectively and negative z points forward. In a left-handed coordinate system positive z points forward. I believe OpenGL uses a right-handed and DirectX a left-handed coordinate system.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 10:43 AM
Mussi is right, and it is semantically easier to understand that the Near Plane (z=0) is the plane of your screen and the Far Plane is "deeper" in the screen.
Because in OpenGL and many other 3D API's the z direction is positive pointing out of the screen, we adopt a -z direction as the look-at direction.
Because in OpenGL and many other 3D API's the z direction is positive pointing out of the screen, we adopt a -z direction as the look-at direction.
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 09:03 AM
Ok, as far as I understand when camera is pointing -Z direction its actually shows whats behind it, right? `Looking directions' is also reversed. Does that mean the OpenGL depth test parameters should be like:
glDepthFunc(GL_GEQUAL);
glClearDepth(0.0f);
?
glDepthFunc(GL_GEQUAL);
glClearDepth(0.0f);
?
