Building an Orthonormal Basis from a Unit Vector

Tomas Möller
Chalmers University of Technology

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Abstract

We show how to easily create a right-handed orthonormal basis, given a unit vector, in 2-, 3-, and 4-space.

Author Information

John F. Hughes, Brown University, Computer Science Department, 115 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912 jfh@cs.brown.edu

Tomas Möller, Chalmers University of Technology, Dept of Computer Engineering412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden tompa@acm.org

BibTeX Entry

@article{HughesMoller99,
  author = "John F. Hughes and Tomas Möller",
  title = "Building an Orthonormal Basis from a Unit Vector",
  journal = "journal of graphics, gpu, and game tools",
  volume = "4",
  number = "4",
  pages = "33-35",
  year = "1999",
}