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Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2 - Second Edition

By : Farhad Ghayour, Diego Cantor
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Book Image

Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2 - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Farhad Ghayour, Diego Cantor

Overview of this book

As highly interactive applications have become an increasingly important part of the user experience, WebGL is a unique and cutting-edge technology that brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the web. Packed with 80+ examples, this book guides readers through the landscape of real-time computer graphics using WebGL 2. Each chapter covers foundational concepts in 3D graphics programming with various implementations. Topics are always associated with exercises for a hands-on approach to learning. This book presents a clear roadmap to learning real-time 3D computer graphics with WebGL 2. Each chapter starts with a summary of the learning goals for the chapter, followed by a detailed description of each topic. The book offers example-rich, up-to-date introductions to a wide range of essential 3D computer graphics topics, including rendering, colors, textures, transformations, framebuffers, lights, surfaces, blending, geometry construction, advanced techniques, and more. With each chapter, you will "level up" your 3D graphics programming skills. This book will become your trustworthy companion in developing highly interactive 3D web applications with WebGL and JavaScript.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Time for Action: Rendering a Square

Follow the given steps:

  1. Open the ch02_01_square.html file in a code editor (ideally one that supports syntax highlighting).
  1. Examine the structure of this file with the help of the following diagram:
  1. The web page contains the following:
  • The <script id="vertex-shader" type="x-shader/x-vertex"> script contains the vertex shader code.
  • The <script id="fragment-shader" type="x-shader/x-fragment"> script contains the fragment shader code. We won't pay attention to these two scripts as they will be the main point of study in the next chapter. For now, simply notice that we have a fragment shader and a vertex shader.
  • The next script on our web page, <script type="text/javascript">, contains all the JavaScript WebGL code that we will need. This script is divided into the...