diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2cf019a..2c250a5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/glfw"]
 	path = vendor/glfw
 	url = git@github.com:glfw/glfw.git
+[submodule "vendor/glm"]
+	path = vendor/glm
+	url = git@github.com:g-truc/glm.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a709afe..7be59e4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
 
 project ("Visualizer")
 
-find_package(glfw3)
+find_package(GLFW3)
 if(NOT GLFW3_FOUND)
 	message(STATUS "Could not find GLFW binaries on system, building from source instead")
 	add_subdirectory("vendor/glfw")
@@ -14,5 +14,13 @@ if(NOT GLFW3_FOUND)
 	set(GLFW3_LIBRARIES glfw)
 endif()
 
+find_package(GLM)
+if(NOT GLM_FOUND)
+	message(STATUS "Could not find GLM on system, including from source instead")
+	add_subdirectory("vendor/glm")
+
+	set(GLM_INCLUDE_DIRS glm::glm_static)
+endif()
+
 # Include sub-projects.
 add_subdirectory ("src")
diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index 2d91376..a74fe6b 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void Application::Launch()
 	{
 		glfwPollEvents();
 
-		glClearColor(0.1f, 0.0f, 0.1f, 1.0f);
+		glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 		glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 
 		glfwSwapBuffers(window);
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 767d25a..fd2f1e4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 add_executable(visualizer
 	"main.cpp" "Application.cpp"
-)
+ "VertexArrayObject.cpp")
 
 target_sources(visualizer PUBLIC 
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/glad/src/glad.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ target_sources(visualizer PUBLIC
 
 target_include_directories(visualizer PUBLIC 
 	${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${GLM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/glad/include
 )
 
diff --git a/src/VertexArrayObject.cpp b/src/VertexArrayObject.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61b1847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/VertexArrayObject.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include "VertexArrayObject.hpp"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <glad/glad.h>
+
+AbstractVertexArrayObject::~AbstractVertexArrayObject()
+{
+	glDeleteBuffers(1, &ebo);
+	glDeleteBuffers(1, &vbo);
+	glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &vao);
+}
+
+AbstractVertexArrayObject::AbstractVertexArrayObject(const VertexArray& vertices, const IndexArray& indices, const Layout& layout, Usage usage) :
+	vao(0), vbo(0), ebo(0)
+{
+	glGenVertexArrays(1, &vao);
+	glBindVertexArray(vao);
+
+	// Determing native OpenGL GLenum depending on specified usage
+	GLenum bufferUsage;
+	switch (usage)
+	{
+	case Usage::Static:		bufferUsage = GL_STATIC_DRAW; break;
+	case Usage::Dynamic:	bufferUsage = GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW; break;
+	case Usage::Stream:		bufferUsage = GL_STREAM_DRAW; break;
+
+	default:	// Forgot to add a usage case to this switch
+		assert("Unknown buffer usage" == "");
+		break;
+	}
+
+	// Create VBO
+	glGenBuffers(1, &vbo);
+	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
+
+	glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertices.size() * sizeof(float), (const void*)(vertices.data()), bufferUsage);
+
+	// Create EBO
+	glGenBuffers(1, &ebo);
+	glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, ebo);
+
+	glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indices.size() * sizeof(unsigned int), (const void*)(indices.data()), bufferUsage);
+
+	// Set up pipeline layout
+	unsigned int index = 0;
+	for (const VertexAttribute& attribute : layout)
+	{
+		glVertexAttribPointer(index, attribute.size, attribute.type, attribute.normalized, attribute.stride, attribute.pointer);
+		glEnableVertexAttribArray(index);
+
+		index++;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/VertexArrayObject.hpp b/src/VertexArrayObject.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd5b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/VertexArrayObject.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <memory>
+
+// struct representing an OpenGL attribute pointer
+struct VertexAttribute
+{
+	int				size;
+	unsigned int	type;
+	bool			normalized;
+	unsigned int	stride;
+	const void*		pointer;
+};
+
+// Useful abbreviations
+typedef std::vector<float>				VertexArray;
+typedef std::vector<unsigned int>		IndexArray;
+typedef std::vector<VertexAttribute>	Layout;
+
+// OpenGL Buffer usages (I turned them into an enum so it's easier to know what options exist)
+enum class Usage
+{
+	Static, Stream, Dynamic
+};
+
+// VAO structure that sets up the buffers and deletes them at the end of the lifecycle
+class AbstractVertexArrayObject
+{
+	friend class VAOFactory;
+
+public:
+	AbstractVertexArrayObject() = delete;
+	~AbstractVertexArrayObject();
+
+private:
+	AbstractVertexArrayObject(const VertexArray& vertices, const IndexArray& indices, const Layout& layout, Usage usage);
+
+private:
+	unsigned int vao, vbo, ebo;
+};
+
+// You cannot actually create this VAO, you are forced to use a shared pointer
+// so the buffers dont get accidentally deleted while another obejct is potentially still using it.
+// I find this to be very important since VAOs are supposed to be shared between copies of objects
+// if they have the same model.
+typedef std::shared_ptr<AbstractVertexArrayObject> VertexArrayObject;
+
+// Factory for creating said shared pointers.
+class VAOFactory
+{
+public:
+	static VertexArrayObject Produce(const VertexArray& vertices, const IndexArray& indices, const Layout& layout, Usage usage = Usage::Static)
+	{
+		return std::make_shared<AbstractVertexArrayObject>(vertices, indices, layout, usage);
+	}
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/glm b/vendor/glm
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6ad79aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/glm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6ad79aae3eb5bf809c30bf1168171e9e55857e45