How to create billboard matrix in glm

Question

How to create a billboard translation matrix from a point in space using glm?

Answer 1

Just set the upper left 3×3 submatrix of the transformation to identity.

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Update: Fixed function OpenGL variant:

void makebillboard_mat4x4(double *BM, double const * const MV)
{
    for(size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    
        for(size_t j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
            BM[4*i + j] = i==j ? 1 : 0;
        }
        BM[4*i + 3] = MV[4*i + 3];
    }

    for(size_t i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        BM[12 + i] = MV[12 + i];
    }
}

void mygltoolMakeMVBillboard(void)
{
    GLenum active_matrix;
    double MV[16];

    glGetIntegerv(GL_MATRIX_MODE, &active_matrix);

    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, MV);
    makebillboard_mat4x4(MV, MV);
    glLoadMatrixd(MV);
    glMatrixMode(active_matrix);
}