Week 10 Day 5

Today I have finished on implementing and getting the cube to function. I have learned that the animation comes before swapping of each stored points for rotation, if not we will see the result of the rotation first followed by the rotation animation.

Besides that, for a rotation to be perfect, rounding off errors need to be prevented, or else some cubes on certain parts of the rubic cube may suddenly go missing. This is due to the fact that if there are rounding off errors, one cube may touch the other cube upon rotation, and this may cause the cube to intersect with another cube, hence the cube may only appear partially or even disappear completely.

I will be starting on integrating this rubic cube application into our initial holotouch application next week, and hopefully when this is done, we will have a presentable application.


===========Reflection==================

I have spend the entire of this week into coding with OpenGL. Similar to my coding experience of asp.net, where we learn the drawbacks and advantages of these technologies only while we are developing for it, I have also learned the pros and cons of OpenGL programming, and have completed a rubic cube with the help of MingHong(supervisor).

Indeed learning something new takes time, but it helps to open up another dimension. For me, I have been developing web applications for mostly simplifying paperwork, and OpenGL has allowed me to also program visual applications.