I need that to calculate the View matrix for OpenGL. I can do gaussian elimination on paper but I dont think I could implement that.
I found this though:
http://www.cg.info.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/~miyazaki/knowledge/teche23.html
....is matrix inverse really such a complex thing to calculate? Isnt there a simpler algorithm for that? Thanks!
I need that to calculate the View matrix for OpenGL. I can do gaussian elimination on paper but I dont think I could implement that.
I found this though:
http://www.cg.info.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/~miyazaki/knowledge/teche23.html
You should probably look into LU-decomposition.
....is matrix inverse really such a complex thing to calculate? Isnt there a simpler algorithm for that? Thanks!
Yes, it is a complex thing.
A full analytic inverse:
http://www.euclideanspace.com/maths/algebra/matrix/functions/inverse/fourD/index.htm
Since the view matrix is always orthonormal (or nearly so), can't you just use the transpose of the 3x3 part and do the translational part "by hand"? That's waaaaaaaay easier than doing an inverse.
bool gluInvertMatrix(const double m[16], double invOut[16])
{
double inv[16], det;
int i;
inv[0] = m[5] * m[10] * m[15] -
m[5] * m[11] * m[14] -
m[9] * m[6] * m[15] +
m[9] * m[7] * m[14] +
m[13] * m[6] * m[11] -
m[13] * m[7] * m[10];
inv[4] = -m[4] * m[10] * m[15] +
m[4] * m[11] * m[14] +
m[8] * m[6] * m[15] -
m[8] * m[7] * m[14] -
m[12] * m[6] * m[11] +
m[12] * m[7] * m[10];
inv[8] = m[4] * m[9] * m[15] -
m[4] * m[11] * m[13] -
m[8] * m[5] * m[15] +
m[8] * m[7] * m[13] +
m[12] * m[5] * m[11] -
m[12] * m[7] * m[9];
inv[12] = -m[4] * m[9] * m[14] +
m[4] * m[10] * m[13] +
m[8] * m[5] * m[14] -
m[8] * m[6] * m[13] -
m[12] * m[5] * m[10] +
m[12] * m[6] * m[9];
inv[1] = -m[1] * m[10] * m[15] +
m[1] * m[11] * m[14] +
m[9] * m[2] * m[15] -
m[9] * m[3] * m[14] -
m[13] * m[2] * m[11] +
m[13] * m[3] * m[10];
inv[5] = m[0] * m[10] * m[15] -
m[0] * m[11] * m[14] -
m[8] * m[2] * m[15] +
m[8] * m[3] * m[14] +
m[12] * m[2] * m[11] -
m[12] * m[3] * m[10];
inv[9] = -m[0] * m[9] * m[15] +
m[0] * m[11] * m[13] +
m[8] * m[1] * m[15] -
m[8] * m[3] * m[13] -
m[12] * m[1] * m[11] +
m[12] * m[3] * m[9];
inv[13] = m[0] * m[9] * m[14] -
m[0] * m[10] * m[13] -
m[8] * m[1] * m[14] +
m[8] * m[2] * m[13] +
m[12] * m[1] * m[10] -
m[12] * m[2] * m[9];
inv[2] = m[1] * m[6] * m[15] -
m[1] * m[7] * m[14] -
m[5] * m[2] * m[15] +
m[5] * m[3] * m[14] +
m[13] * m[2] * m[7] -
m[13] * m[3] * m[6];
inv[6] = -m[0] * m[6] * m[15] +
m[0] * m[7] * m[14] +
m[4] * m[2] * m[15] -
m[4] * m[3] * m[14] -
m[12] * m[2] * m[7] +
m[12] * m[3] * m[6];
inv[10] = m[0] * m[5] * m[15] -
m[0] * m[7] * m[13] -
m[4] * m[1] * m[15] +
m[4] * m[3] * m[13] +
m[12] * m[1] * m[7] -
m[12] * m[3] * m[5];
inv[14] = -m[0] * m[5] * m[14] +
m[0] * m[6] * m[13] +
m[4] * m[1] * m[14] -
m[4] * m[2] * m[13] -
m[12] * m[1] * m[6] +
m[12] * m[2] * m[5];
inv[3] = -m[1] * m[6] * m[11] +
m[1] * m[7] * m[10] +
m[5] * m[2] * m[11] -
m[5] * m[3] * m[10] -
m[9] * m[2] * m[7] +
m[9] * m[3] * m[6];
inv[7] = m[0] * m[6] * m[11] -
m[0] * m[7] * m[10] -
m[4] * m[2] * m[11] +
m[4] * m[3] * m[10] +
m[8] * m[2] * m[7] -
m[8] * m[3] * m[6];
inv[11] = -m[0] * m[5] * m[11] +
m[0] * m[7] * m[9] +
m[4] * m[1] * m[11] -
m[4] * m[3] * m[9] -
m[8] * m[1] * m[7] +
m[8] * m[3] * m[5];
inv[15] = m[0] * m[5] * m[10] -
m[0] * m[6] * m[9] -
m[4] * m[1] * m[10] +
m[4] * m[2] * m[9] +
m[8] * m[1] * m[6] -
m[8] * m[2] * m[5];
det = m[0] * inv[0] + m[1] * inv[4] + m[2] * inv[8] + m[3] * inv[12];
if (det == 0)
return false;
det = 1.0 / det;
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
invOut[i] = inv[i] * det;
return true;
}
To explain samoth's post a bit:
The view matrix is the inverse of the camera's world transformation. This is usually a composition of translation and rotation, perhaps a scaling. Assuming column vector matrices, this looks like so:
C := T * R * S
A decomposition of C into a translation T, rotation R, and scaling S, as shown above, is relatively easy. It is even easier if scaling is known to not appear, because then decomposition is just extraction of values.
Then the inverse is
V := C-1 = S-1 * R-1 * T-1
Thank you for the answers! Thanks @haegarr for taking the time and explaining it. I implemented it and although I dont have the projection matrix yet, it seems OK.
