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Three.js Essentials

By : Jos Dirksen
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Three.js Essentials

By: Jos Dirksen

Overview of this book

<p>Create beautiful visualizations and 3D scenes using Three.js with this practical, example-rich book. Learn all the core concepts of Three.js, and whether you are targeting mobile devices or desktop browsers, you will gain the necessary skills to build a 3D application and improve web performance.</p> <p>From setting up a development environment and creating your first Three.js scene, you will quickly dive into more complex scene-making. Discover a variety of possible scenes from how to make a rotating planet with data overlay to mini games. Through these examples, you will be shown an array of skills from using materials, controls, and lighting to creating particle systems and geometries from scratch.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you'll be able to effectively and confidently create 3D scenes using different lights and materials, create visualizations using particle systems, animate web pages, and incorporate Blender in your 3D workflow.</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Three.js Essentials
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Acknowledgment

Writing a book isn't something you do by yourself. A lot of people have helped and supported me when I was doing this, and my special thanks go out to the following people:

  • All the guys from Packt Publishing who have helped me during the writing, reviewing, and laying out part of the process. Great work guys!

  • I, of course, have to thank Ricardo Cabello, also known as Mr. dò_ób, for creating the great Three.js library.

  • Many thanks go to the reviewers. They have provided me with great feedback and comments that really helped me improve the book; their positive remarks have really helped me shape the book!

And, of course, I'd like to thank my family. I'd like to thank my wife, Brigitte, for supporting me and my two girls, Sophie and Amber, who can always find reasons to pull me away from the keyboard and computer.