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P =/!= NP

August 20th, 2010 admin No comments

By now I’m sure you’ve seen this but if not, the supposed proof that P != NP.

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Seduced by the kitties

August 5th, 2010 admin No comments

I blame my wife for this one. Her love of the kitties is legendary. Her delight in cats is so infectious that I’ll go to any length to procure pictures and videos for her just to hear her giggle and laugh. Yesterday a listing came up in my Facebook news ticker touting “the cutest kitty ever” with an adorable picture and link. Like a full on nub I clicked the link.

As it was opening my years of skepticism and computer knowledge finally kicked in and I actually looked at the link, damnit. I also hadn’t noticed this same person on my list had posted this link 5 times under the same topic, a very clear sign they’d been victims of this as well.

So yes folks, even the tech. savvy can be incredibly stupid.

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OpenGL Shaders in Python

July 27th, 2010 admin No comments

If you are like me then you tend to write small chunks of prototype code to test various aspects of your current project before implementing them in the full build. The decreased complexity is both easier to trace and faster to compile. When projects start requiring a dedicated build machine it’s time you can’t make a quick change and recompile for poops and giggles.

What you see below is an example of how to use PyOpenGL to quickly test a shader.  In this case I’ve included an xray shader that shows a dodecahedron inside the teapot.

[What You'll Need(More specifically: What I used)]

  1. PyOpenGL 3.0.1 (Be sure to get PyOpenGL accelerate as well)
  2. Python 2.6.5

The raw code….:

#! /usr/bin/env python
'''
Quaint little Python/OpenGL/Shader example
 
Uses the x-ray shader found in MeshLab
 
Code is a slightly modified version of http://www.pygame.org/wiki/GLSLExample
'''
import OpenGL 
OpenGL.ERROR_ON_COPY = True 
from OpenGL.GL import *
from OpenGL.GLU import *
from OpenGL.GLUT import *
 
# PyOpenGL 3.0.1 introduces this convenience module...
from OpenGL.GL.shaders import *
 
import time, sys
program = None
global falloffValue
global rotY
 
# A general OpenGL initialization function.  Sets all of the initial parameters. 
def InitGL(Width, Height):                # We call this right after our OpenGL window is created.
    glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)    # This Will Clear The Background Color To Black
    glClearDepth(1.0)                    # Enables Clearing Of The Depth Buffer
    glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH)                # Enables Smooth Color Shading
 
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
    glLoadIdentity()                    # Reset The Projection Matrix
                                        # Calculate The Aspect Ratio Of The Window
    gluPerspective(45.0, float(Width)/float(Height), 0.1, 100.0)
 
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
 
    if not glUseProgram:
        print 'Missing Shader Objects!'
        sys.exit(1)
 
    global program
    program = compileProgram(
        compileShader('''
			// Application to vertex shader
			varying vec3 P;
			varying vec3 N;
			varying vec3 I;
 
			void main()
			{
				//Transform vertex by modelview and projection matrices
				gl_Position = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex;
 
				// Position in clip space
				P = vec3(gl_ModelViewMatrix * gl_Vertex);
 
				// Normal transform (transposed model-view inverse)
				N = gl_NormalMatrix * gl_Normal;
 
				// Incident vector
				I = P;
 
				// Forward current color and texture coordinates after applying texture matrix
				gl_FrontColor = gl_Color;
				gl_TexCoord[0] = gl_TextureMatrix[0] * gl_MultiTexCoord0;
			}
 
        ''',GL_VERTEX_SHADER),
        compileShader('''
			varying vec3 P;
			varying vec3 N;
			varying vec3 I;
 
			uniform float edgefalloff;
 
			void main()
			{
				float opacity = dot(normalize(N), normalize(-I));
				opacity = abs(opacity);
				opacity = 1.0 - pow(opacity, edgefalloff);
 
				gl_FragColor = opacity * gl_Color;
			}
    ''',GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER),
	)
 
 
# The function called when our window is resized (which shouldn't happen if you enable fullscreen, below)
def ReSizeGLScene(Width, Height):
    if Height == 0:                        # Prevent A Divide By Zero If The Window Is Too Small 
        Height = 1
 
    glViewport(0, 0, Width, Height)        # Reset The Current Viewport And Perspective Transformation
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
    glLoadIdentity()
    gluPerspective(45.0, float(Width)/float(Height), 0.1, 100.0)
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
 
# The main drawing function. 
def DrawGLScene():
	global rotY
 
	# Clear The Screen And The Depth Buffer
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
	glLoadIdentity()                    # Reset The View 
 
 
	# Move Left 1.5 units and into the screen 6.0 units.
	glTranslatef(-1.5, 0.0, -6.0)
 
	# Spin this business.
	glRotatef(rotY,0.0,1.0,0.0)
 
 
	# Enable blending and disable depth masking (x-ray shader only applies the opacity falloff.
	glEnable(GL_BLEND);
	glDepthMask(GL_FALSE);
	glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
 
	# Load something with some curves
	glutSolidTeapot(1.0)
 
	# Include a lovely dodecahedron
	glScalef(0.3,0.3,0.3)
	glutSolidDodecahedron()
 
	# Swap buffers
	glutSwapBuffers()
 
	rotY += 1.0
 
def mod_falloff(val):
	global falloffValue
	if program:
		edgefalloff = glGetUniformLocation(program, "edgefalloff")
		if not edgefalloff in (None,-1):
			falloffValue = falloffValue + val
			glUniform1f(edgefalloff,falloffValue)
 
# The function called whenever a key is pressed. Note the use of Python tuples to pass in: (key, x, y)  
def keyPressed(*args):
 
	# If escape is pressed, kill everything.
	if args[0] == '\x1b':
		sys.exit()
	elif args[0] == 'c':
		print "Decreasing falloff"
		mod_falloff(1.0)
	elif args[0] == 'x':
		print "Increasing falloff"
		mod_falloff(-1.0)
 
def main():
	global window
	global falloffValue
	global rotY
 
	# For now we just pass glutInit one empty argument. I wasn't sure what should or could be passed in (tuple, list, ...)
	# Once I find out the right stuff based on reading the PyOpenGL source, I'll address this.
	glutInit(sys.argv)
 
	# Select type of Display mode:   
	#  Double buffer 
	#  RGBA color
	# Alpha components supported 
	# Depth buffer
	glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGBA | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH)
 
	# get a 640 x 480 window 
	glutInitWindowSize(640, 480)
 
	# the window starts at the upper left corner of the screen 
	glutInitWindowPosition(0, 0)
 
	# Okay, like the C version we retain the window id to use when closing, but for those of you new
	# to Python (like myself), remember this assignment would make the variable local and not global
	# if it weren't for the global declaration at the start of main.
	window = glutCreateWindow("Jeff Molofee's GL Code Tutorial ... NeHe '99")
 
	# Register the drawing function with glut, BUT in Python land, at least using PyOpenGL, we need to
	# set the function pointer and invoke a function to actually register the callback, otherwise it
	# would be very much like the C version of the code.    
	glutDisplayFunc(DrawGLScene)
 
	# Uncomment this line to get full screen.
	#glutFullScreen()
 
	# When we are doing nothing, redraw the scene.
	glutIdleFunc(DrawGLScene)
 
	# Register the function called when our window is resized.
	glutReshapeFunc(ReSizeGLScene)
 
	# Register the function called when the keyboard is pressed.  
	glutKeyboardFunc(keyPressed)
 
	# Initialize our window. 
	InitGL(800, 600)
 
	#Start using our program
	glUseProgram(program)
 
	#Set defaults
	falloffValue = 1.0
	rotY = 0.0
 
	#Trigger a fall off modify to update the shader
	mod_falloff(0.0)
 
	#glEnable (GL_BLEND)
	#glBlendFunc (GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
 
	# Start Event Processing Engine    
	glutMainLoop()
 
# Print message to console, and kick off the main to get it rolling.
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	print "Hit ESC key to quit."
	print "x - increase shader falloff"
	print "c - decrease shader falloff"
	main()
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OpenGL 4.1 Goodness

July 27th, 2010 Jerdak No comments

OpenGL made some waves w/ their recent posting of the 4.1 specifications. Most notably the ability to save and load binary shader programs via GL_ARB_get_program_binary.

According to NVIDIA, via Ars Technica:

NVIDIA says that it will release OpenGL 4.1 drivers on or before Wednesday, with AMD (ATI) releasing them shortly. As is now traditional, Apple has given no indication of when, if ever, it will update Mac OS X’s OpenGL drivers to support the new standard; the company does not have full support for OpenGL 3.0. – ars technica

Additionally it appears that OpenGL 3.3 offers some support for this feature. OpenGL 4.1 doesn’t have any hardware specific requirements.

Usage, Ripped directly from the ARB specs.:

void retrieveProgramBinary(const GLchar* vsSource, const GLchar* fsSource,
                               const char* myBinaryFileName, 
                               GLenum* binaryFormat)
    {
        GLuint        newFS, newVS;
        GLuint        newProgram;
        const GLchar* sources[1];
        GLint         success;
 
        GLint   binaryLength;
        GLvoid* binary;
        FILE*   outfile;
 
        //
        //  Create new shader/program objects and attach them together.
        //
        newVS = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
        newFS = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
        newProgram = glCreateProgram();
        glAttachShader(newProgram, newVS);
        glAttachShader(newProgram, newFS);
 
        //
        //  Supply GLSL source shaders, compile, and link them
        //
        sources[0] = vsSource;
        glShaderSource(newVS, 1, sources, NULL);
        glCompileShader(newVS);
 
        sources[0] = fsSource;
        glShaderSource(newFS, 1, sources, NULL);
        glCompileShader(newFS);
 
        glProgramParameteri(newProgram, PROGRAM_BINARY_RETRIEVABLE_HINT, GL_TRUE);
        glLinkProgram(newProgram);
        glGetProgramiv(newProgram, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
 
        if (!success)
        {
            //
            // Fallback to simpler source shaders?  Take my toys and go home?
            //
        }
 
        glUseProgram(newProgram);
 
        //
        // Perform rendering and state changes likely to be encountered.
        //
        DoRendering(newProgram);
 
        //
        //  Retrieve the binary from the program object
        //
        glGetProgramiv(newProgram, GL_PROGRAM_BINARY_LENGTH, &binaryLength);
        binary = (GLvoid*)malloc(binaryLength);
        glGetProgramBinary(newProgram, binaryLength, NULL, binaryFormat, binary);
 
        //
        //  Cache the program binary for future runs
        //
        outfile = fopen(myBinaryFileName, "wb");
        fwrite(binary, binaryLength, 1, outfile);
        fclose(outfile);
        free(binary);
 
        //
        // Clean up
        // 
        glDeleteShader(newVS);
        glDeleteShader(newFS);
        glDeleteProgram(newProgram);
    }
 
    void loadProgramBinary(const char* myBinaryFileName, GLenum binaryFormat,
                           GLuint progObj)
    {
        GLint   binaryLength;
        GLvoid* binary;
        GLint   success;
        FILE*   infile;
 
        //
        //  Read the program binary
        //
        infile = fopen(myBinaryFileName, "rb");
        fseek(infile, 0, SEEK_END);
        binaryLength = (GLint)ftell(infile);
        binary = (GLvoid*)malloc(binaryLength);
        fseek(infile, 0, SEEK_SET);
        fread(binary, binaryLength, 1, infile);
        fclose(infile);
 
        //
        //  Load the binary into the program object -- no need to link!
        //
        glProgramBinary(progObj, binaryFormat, binary, binaryLength);
        free(binary);
 
        glGetProgramiv(progObj, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);
 
        if (!success)
        {
            //
            // Something must have changed since the program binaries
            // were cached away.  Fallback to source shader loading path,
            // and then retrieve and cache new program binaries once again.
            //
        }
    }
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With Love Frosty

July 19th, 2010 Jerdak No comments

A joke poster I made for Frosty after an amusing game where he spent his free time jacking my kills. It was all in good fun and it was by far one of our better games. I freely admit I still love spending an evening killing zombies with friends. I don’t know what other folks do but I can’t imagine a better way to unwind.

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