# Ruby & OpenGL

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-opengl/89458>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-opengl/89458 "2007-03-20T16:49:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visaolive)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-opengl/89458/1 "2007-03-20T16:49:52Z")

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Hi, im want to start with Ruby (already started) + OpenGL (never used  
OGL with Ruby), if anyone can advice me how to start with this ill be  
very thankful.

Documents to read. Books if exists. Links and any paper you think its  
usefull. Anything that helps. API pages.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visaolive)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-opengl/89458/2 "2007-03-20T17:23:56Z")

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On 3/20/07, Emilio T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi, im want to start with Ruby (already started) + OpenGL (never used  
> OGL with Ruby), if anyone can advice me how to start with this ill be  
> very thankful.
> 
> Documents to read. Books if exists. Links and any paper you think its  
> usefull. Anything that helps. API pages.

[http://ruby-opengl.rubyforge.org/index.html](http://ruby-opengl.rubyforge.org/index.html)

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**Author:** ![visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@visaolive](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/visaolive)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-opengl/89458/3 "2007-03-20T21:10:39Z")

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On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 12:49:27AM +0900, Emilio T. wrote:

> Hi, im want to start with Ruby (already started) + OpenGL (never used  
> OGL with Ruby), if anyone can advice me how to start with this ill be  
> very thankful.

If you already know the OpenGL API, but just not OpenGL with Ruby, then  
try  
starting with the Ruby port of the standard OpenGL “gears” demo:  
[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/140635](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/140635)