Often times, we want to position the camera in our scene at a particular point, such as the head of the character in a first-person shooter or the cockpit of a plane in a flight simulator.

In computer graphics, the view matrix is used to transform points from world space into camera space. Below is an explanation of how to derive this matrix.

When I first started learning about OpenGL, I always made sure to unbind each resource as soon as I was done using it. Over time I became more lenient with unbinding, as in many cases leaving resources bound is okay and leads to fewer API calls.