How to calculate vec4 cross product with glm?

math, vectormath

Solution

There is no such thing as a 4D vector cross-product; the operation is only defined for 3D vectors. Well, technically, there is a seven-dimensional vector cross-product, but somehow I don't think you're looking for that.

Since 4D vector cross-products aren't mathematically reasonable, GLM doesn't offer a function to compute it.

Problem

Why this throws an compilation error: no matching function for call to ‘cross(glm::vec4&, glm::vec4&)’ ``` glm::vec4 a; glm::vec4 b; glm::vec4 c = glm::cross(a, b); ``` but it works fine for vec3?

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