Saturn's Rings

by Jacky Tuking

Description

This project uses a particle system for representing Saturn's rings as they orbit around.

Features:

• Generates a particle system using instancing
• Instancing: Rendering technique to draw a lot of similar objects.
• Billboarding: Particles are constantly facing where you are

Pictures:

Sources:

• learnopengl.com - Particles
• glfw.org - Input Guide
• opengl-tutorial.org - Particles and Instancing
• Google Images for Saturn texture map

Controls:

• w: zoom in
• s: zoom out
• a: strafe left
• d: strafe right
• mouse scroll wheel 1: yaw
• mouse scroll wheel 2: pitch
• mouse left click: alternate between pitch and yaw modes (starts in yaw)