ChatGPT

[TerryRitchie]

I've been playing with ChatGPT. I asked it this question:

"write qb64 code that converts 3d coordinates to 2d screen coordinates"

This is what it produced:

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SCREEN 12 'Set the screen mode to 640x480 16-color mode
CLS 'Clear the screen

' Set up the 3D coordinates of a cube
DIM x(8), y(8), z(8)
x(1) = -1: y(1) = -1: z(1) = 1
x(2) = 1: y(2) = -1: z(2) = 1
x(3) = 1: y(3) = 1: z(3) = 1
x(4) = -1: y(4) = 1: z(4) = 1
x(5) = -1: y(5) = -1: z(5) = -1
x(6) = 1: y(6) = -1: z(6) = -1
x(7) = 1: y(7) = 1: z(7) = -1
x(8) = -1: y(8) = 1: z(8) = -1

' Set up the camera position
cx = 0 ' Camera X coordinate
cy = 0 ' Camera Y coordinate
cz = -10 ' Camera Z coordinate

' Set up the projection parameters
near_plane = 1 ' Distance to near plane
far_plane = 100 ' Distance to far plane
fov = 90 ' Field of view in degrees

' Calculate the projection matrix
f = 1 / TAN(fov / 2 * PI / 180) ' Calculate focal length
a = f * 640 / 480 ' Calculate aspect ratio
proj_matrix(1, 1) = a: proj_matrix(2, 2) = f
proj_matrix(3, 3) = far_plane / (far_plane - near_plane)
proj_matrix(3, 4) = -far_plane * near_plane / (far_plane - near_plane)
proj_matrix(4, 3) = 1

' Apply the projection matrix to the 3D coordinates and convert to 2D screen coordinates
FOR i = 1 TO 8
    ' Apply the projection matrix
    x_proj = x(i) * proj_matrix(1, 1) + y(i) * proj_matrix(2, 1) + z(i) * proj_matrix(3, 1) + proj_matrix(4, 1)
    y_proj = x(i) * proj_matrix(1, 2) + y(i) * proj_matrix(2, 2) + z(i) * proj_matrix(3, 2) + proj_matrix(4, 2)
    w_proj = x(i) * proj_matrix(1, 4) + y(i) * proj_matrix(2, 4) + z(i) * proj_matrix(3, 4) + proj_matrix(4, 4)

    ' Convert to 2D screen coordinates
    x_screen = 320 + x_proj / w_proj * 320 ' Center the X coordinate and scale to screen size
    y_screen = 240 - y_proj / w_proj * 240 ' Center the Y coordinate and flip the Y axis

    ' Draw a point on the screen at the converted coordinates
    PSET (x_screen, y_screen), 15
NEXT i

' Wait for the user to press a key
DO
    SLEEP
LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""

END

Any thoughts?