# Rotate vector by matrix?

If I have a Vector, say (1,1), how can I rotate it around the origin (0,0)?

I'm working in XNA if that helps.

• Is this a question about the mathematics or the implementation? Dec 15, 2010 at 18:07
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_matrix Dec 15, 2010 at 18:45

Just multiply the vector by a rotation matrix:

| fx |     | cos a    -sin a | | sx |
| fy |  =  | sin a     cos a | | sy |


where fx and fy are final coordinates of the object after the rotation and sx, sy are starting one. Obviously a is the angle involved.

Since you are using XNA, there is an easy way to do the above, which can be found in this following thread. In shows how to perform the transformation in 3D or 2D. For 2D, it is as simple as:

point = Vector2.Transform(point, Matrix.CreateRotationZ(AngleToRotate);
point += originPoint;


Note that AngleToRotate is in radians. If you want to use Degrees you can can take advantage of

MathHelper.ToRadians(float degree)


which is a static method.