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WebGL HOTSHOT

WebGL HOTSHOT

By : Mitch Williams
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WebGL HOTSHOT

WebGL HOTSHOT

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By: Mitch Williams
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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WebGL HOTSHOT
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WebGL HOTSHOT
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Building Great Web3D
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Building Great Web3D
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A second coming
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Comprehensive solutions
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Mission briefing
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Introduction to 3D fundamentals
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Transformations – translation, rotation, and scaling
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Lights, camera, action!
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Navigating between multiple viewpoints
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Animation with interpolators
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Adding texture maps to 3D meshes
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Lighting a scene and shading 3D objects with normals
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Creating an animated Solar System with multiple cameras for navigation
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Mission accomplished
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WebGL for E-Commerce
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WebGL for E-Commerce
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Mission briefing
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Introduction to WebGL
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WebGL 3D with Perspective View
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WebGL texture mapping and animation
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Loading a 3D modeled object, normals, and lighting
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Using the mouse for interactivity
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E-commerce using existing assets
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E-commerce with 3D modeling
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User Experience, Story, Character, Visual Design, and Interactivity
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User Experience, Story, Character, Visual Design, and Interactivity
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Mission briefing
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Refreshment with shader languages
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Lighting 3D depths
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Visual design and interactivity
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Full navigation
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Order of transparencies
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Scene lighting
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Mobile and Web3D Gaming
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Mobile and Web3D Gaming
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Mission briefing
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Creating user interfaces in the 3D environment
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Designing a game
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Fun with physics and collisions
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Mission accomplished
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Social Media Meets Its Destiny
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Social Media Meets Its Destiny
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Mission briefing
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Bridging Facebook with WebGL
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Visiting Facebook friends in WebGL
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Building a navigable world of Facebook friends
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3D Reveals More Information
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3D Reveals More Information
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Mission briefing
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Linking 3D to data
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Comparing multiple stocks in 3D
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Displaying historical stock data
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Presenting comparative data
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Zooming into the data – level of detail
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Mission accomplished
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Adapting Architecture, Medical, and Mechanical Engineering to Web3D
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Adapting Architecture, Medical, and Mechanical Engineering to Web3D
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Mission briefing
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Demonstrating environment mapping for reflections
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Bending of light – calculating refraction for surfaces such as water
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Creating surfaces – depth, non-smooth, natural, and realistic with normal maps
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Rendering a scene as a texture to view multiple cameras simultaneously
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Hotshot challenges
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3D Websites
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3D Websites
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Mission briefing
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Building a 3D website
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Creating engaging scenes
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Portals to navigate virtual spaces
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Education in the Third Dimension
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Education in the Third Dimension
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Mission briefing
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Selecting locations on a texture map
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Selecting locations from a rotated texture map and perspective correction
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Selecting irregular shapes from a textured 3D mesh
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Using WebGL to teach math
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The New World of 3D Art
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The New World of 3D Art
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Mission briefing
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Experiencing the art museum
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Inventing interactive 3D art
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Index
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Index

Chapter 6. 3D Reveals More Information

 

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

 
 --Sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), Jaws, 1975

The information age supplies more data at our fingertips than ever before, literally at the speed of light. In addition, with mobile devices and Wi-Fi, we can get this data from nearly any location. We are receiving more data, yet we are using the same medium of text and two-dimensional images to comprehend this data. However, can 3D reveal more information? Can viewing data in three dimensions add to our comprehension, reveal more information, and enhance our understanding? Will three dimensions reveal hidden information in data mining excavations? As tasks get more complex, detailed, and collaborative, communicating effectively has never been more important, and WebGL just might be the way we meet these challenges.

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