Discarding polygons facing away from the camera to save processing power.

The book's reception provides a balanced and realistic picture of its strengths. A prominent Amazon review notes that while the book uses OpenGL, it is not a tutorial for the API. The same reviewer praises the book for its , calling it a "good, solid introductory text". Another reader on Goodreads simply called it a "Wonderful book for learning how to develop interactive 3D Graphics using OpenGL" .