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normalized device coordinate

normalized device coordinate

Sep 21, 2024

  • parent : coordinate systems in graphics programming
  • computing/graphics

Normalized device coordinate (NDC) is the coordinate space after perspective division has been applied to clip space coordinates. In other word, it is essentially a “normalized” version of the clip space.

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Different APIs choose different conventions for NDC. See coordinate system conventions across graphics applications > Graphics APIs for details.

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  1. image from Coordinate Systems (Direct3D 10) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn ↩


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