A Crash Course in Understanding Quaternions

Description

In this course, you will learn :

• A primer on the mathematics that underpins quaternion rotations.
• How does gimbal lock happen, and why is it a problem with Euler angle rotation calculations?
• Why quaternions outperform Euler's formula for calculating rotations.
• How to use quaternions in the Unity Game Engine with C# to rotate 3D objects.

Syllabus :

1. Euler Angles

• Euler Rotation Matrices
• Euler Angles with Matrices
• Gimbal Lock

 

2. Quaternions

• What are Quaternions?
• Rotating Around World Axes with Quaternions
• Yawing, Pitching and Rolling an Aircraft
• Slerp
• RotateTowards
• Slerping Again

 

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