Developing graphical user interface widgets with OpenGL
CS-116A: Introduction to Computer Graphics
Instructor: Rob Bruce
Fall 2016
SLIDE 1: NanoGUI
Modified from image source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wjakob/nanogui/master/resources/screenshot.png
SLIDE 2: NanoGUI
- Requires OpenGL 3.x or higher.
- Cross-platform GUI development.
- GUI widgets for C++ and Python programming languages.
- Open source:
https://github.com/wjakob/nanogui
SLIDE 3: GLUI
Screenshot running under Windows operating system:
Image source: http://glui.sourceforge.net/
SLIDE 4: GLUI
Screenshot running under X-windows (GNU/Linux) operating system with Motif window manager:
Image source: http://glui.sourceforge.net/
SLIDE 5: GLUI
Screenshot running under Windows operating system.
Image source: http://glui.sourceforge.net/
SLIDE 6: GLUI
- Requires GLUT.
- Cross-platform GUI development.
- GUI widgets for C++ programming language.
- Open source:
http://glui.sourceforge.net/
SLIDE 7: GLOW
Modified image source: http://glow.sourceforge.net/demos/index.html
SLIDE 8: GLOW
Modified image source: http://glow.sourceforge.net/demos/index.html
SLIDE 9: GLOW
Modified image source: http://glow.sourceforge.net/demos/index.html
SLIDE 10: GLOW
- GLUT based.
- Cross-platform GUI development.
- GUI widgets for C++ programming language.
- Open source:
http://glow.sourceforge.net/
SLIDE 11: Crazy Eddie's GUI system
- OpenGL based.
- Cross-platform GUI development.
- GUI widgets for C++ programming language.
- Open source:
http://cegui.org.uk/ - Sorry no screenshots!
SLIDE 12: libnui
- OpenGL based.
- Cross-platform GUI development.
- GUI widgets for C++ programming language.
- Open source:
http://libnui.github.io/nui3/ - Sorry no screenshots!
SLIDE 13: For additional GUI toolkits
- Search Google for "opengl gui toolkits" (without the quotes).
- Many toolkits available including demonstration code.
Robert Bruce
Research
Courses
Fall 2016, CS-116A:
Lectures:
- Introduction to OpenGL and GLUT
- Fractals
- Splines
- Mesh: Vertices, Edges, and Faces
- Event driven programming, capturing keypresses and mouse clicks
- Camera and clipping plane
- Animating the camera
- Light and Color (part 1 of 2)
- Light and Color (part 2 of 2)
- Graphics File Formats
- Creating mouse-driven menus in GLUT
- Developing Graphical user interface widgets with OpenGL
- Hidden surface removal
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 1 of 2)
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 2 of 2)
- Accelerated Graphics Hardware (GPU)
- Metaballs and Blobbies
- Linear transformations
- Coordinate systems in OpenGL
- Introduction to Blender
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 1 of 2)
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 2 of 2)
- Squash, Stretch, and Bounce: The twelve principles of animation
- Character Rigging for animation
- Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
- Introduction to WebGL
Assignments:
Handouts:
- Creating a bootable Linux Mint flash drive
- How to update software on Linux Mint
- Installing OpenGL libraries in Linux Mint
Programs:
Other
