Webgl Wizardry

Dive into the world of 3D graphics with "WebGL Wizardry: A Beginner's Guide to Interactive 3D Graphics." This comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking the potential of WebGL, the web-based graphics library that has revolutionized interactive 3D graphics on the web. Whether you're a budding programmer, an aspiring web developer, or a digital art enthusiast, this book is designed to take you on a journey from the fundamentals to the more advanced aspects of WebGL. Starting with a solid foundation, the book introduces you to the basics of WebGL and 3D graphics, ensuring even those with no prior experience can grasp the concepts easily. You'll learn about the WebGL API, how to set up a WebGL environment, and the core principles of rendering 3D graphics on the web. The early chapters focus on simple concepts, helping you build your skills step by step. As you progress, "WebGL Wizardry" delves into more complex topics. You'll explore lighting, texture, animations, and interactive elements, learning how to create visually stunning graphics and rich user experiences. The book demystifies the process of creating 3D models and environments, offering practical examples and hands-on projects. You'll be guided through developing interactive graphics, from rotating cubes to complex animations, giving you the skills to bring your creative ideas to life. A special feature of this guide is its emphasis on practical, real-world applications. You'll find case studies and examples from web design, game development, and digital art, showing you how WebGL can be applied in various contexts.

Everything you need to know about developing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with WebGL! As the newest technology for creating 3D graphics on the web, in both games, applications, and on regular websites, WebGL gives web developers the capability to produce eye-popping graphics. This book teaches you how to use WebGL to create stunning cross-platform apps. The book features several detailed examples that show you how to develop 3D graphics with WebGL, including explanations of code snippets that help you understand the why behind the how. You will also develop a stronger understanding of WebGL development from coverage that: •Provides a comprehensive overview of WebGL and shows how it relates to other graphics-related technologies •Addresses important topics such as the WebGL graphics pipeline, 3D transformations, texturing and lighting •Teaches you how to write vertex shaders and fragment shaders for WebGL •Includes a lot of useful guidelines, tips, and tricks for WebGL performance optimizations Professional WebGL Programming is the first book on the market to delve into this fascinating topic and it puts you on your way to mastering the possibilities that exist with WebGL.

Become a master of 3D web programming in WebGL and JavaScript.

Get a quick introduction to WebGL, the new standard for 3D rendering on the Web and a member of HTML5’s family of technologies. With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn essential WebGL development and production concepts, using the JavaScript 3D engine Three.js. At the end of the book, you’ll put everything together and build a full 3D application with WebGL. You don’t have to be a game development wizard or have 3D graphics experience to get started. If you use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—and have familiarity with JQuery and Ajax—this book will help you gain a working knowledge of WebGL through clear and simple examples. Understand core 3D graphics concepts and how to implement them in WebGL Create WebGL sample pages as you learn, and build a racing game application in the final chapter Get to know the Three.js open source library in detail Develop working knowledge of graphics rendering, texturing, animation, interaction, and behaviors Seamlessly integrate 3D graphics with other content on the page Learn the tools, file formats, and techniques for developing robust and secure applications in a production environment "WebGL: Up and Running is an ideal introduction to the world of 3D programming on the web. It’s well-written, clear, and fun. I wish it had been around when I started learning!" —Giles Thomas, LearningWebGL.com

Given its ubiquity, plugin-free deployment, and ease of development, the adoption of WebGL is on the rise. Skilled WebGL developers provide organizations with the ability to develop and implement efficient and robust solutions-creating a growing demand for skilled WebGL developers.WebGL Insights shares experience-backed lessons learned by the WebGL

Using WebGL®, you can create sophisticated interactive 3D graphics inside web browsers, without plug-ins. WebGL makes it possible to build a new generation of 3D web games, user interfaces, and information visualization solutions that will run on any standard web browser, and on PCs, smartphones, tablets, game consoles, or other devices. WebGL Programming Guide will help you get started quickly with interactive WebGL 3D programming, even if you have no prior knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, 3D graphics, mathematics, or OpenGL. You’ll learn step-by-step, through realistic examples, building your skills as you move from simple to complex solutions for building visually appealing web pages and 3D applications with WebGL. Media, 3D graphics, and WebGL pioneers Dr. Kouichi Matsuda and Dr. Rodger Lea offer easy-to-understand tutorials on key aspects of WebGL, plus 100 downloadable sample programs, each demonstrating a specific WebGL topic. You’ll move from basic techniques such as rendering, animating, and texturing triangles, all the way to advanced techniques such as fogging, shadowing, shader switching, and displaying 3D models generated by Blender or other authoring tools. This book won’t just teach you WebGL best practices, it will give you a library of code to jumpstart your own projects. Coverage includes: • WebGL’s origin, core concepts, features, advantages, and integration with other web standards • How and basic WebGL functions work together to deliver 3D graphics • Shader development with OpenGL ES Shading Language (GLSL ES) • 3D scene drawing: representing user views, controlling space volume, clipping, object creation, and perspective • Achieving greater realism through lighting and hierarchical objects • Advanced techniques: object manipulation, heads-up displays, alpha blending, shader switching, and more • Valuable reference appendixes covering key issues ranging from coordinate systems to matrices and shader loading to web browser settings This is the newest text in the OpenGL Technical Library, Addison-Wesley’s definitive collection of programming guides an reference manuals for OpenGL and its related technologies. The Library enables programmers to gain a practical understanding of OpenGL and the other Khronos application-programming libraries including OpenGL ES and OpenCL. All of the technologies in the OpenGL Technical Library evolve under the auspices of the Khronos Group, the industry consortium guiding the evolution of modern, open-standards media APIs.

Beginning WebGL for HTML5 gets you rapidly up to speed with WebGL, a powerful new graphics language within the browser. You'll render realistic scenes with advanced lighting models, shadows, blending and textures. You'll also use mathematics to model fractals and particle systems. Going beyond that, Beginning WebGL for HTML5 presents advanced vertex and fragment shader usage for creating stunning, top-end results. You'll benefit from using modern frameworks to rapidly develop complex scenes, and make use of many tools to help improve rendering performance and debugging. Beginning WebGL for HTML5 builds your critical WebGL development skills while being enjoyable at each step of the way. Quickly get up to speed with WebGL Render realistic scenes Work faster with frameworks Improve rendering performance

Get a quick introduction to WebGL, the new standard for 3D rendering on the Web and a member of HTML5{u2019}s family of technologies. With this hands-on guide, you{u2019}ll learn essential WebGL development and production concepts, using the JavaScript 3D engine Three.js. At the end of the book, you{u2019}ll put everything together and build a full 3D application with WebGL. You don{u2019}t have to be a game development wizard or have 3D graphics experience to get started. If you use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript{u2014}and have familiarity with JQuery and Ajax{u2014}this book will help you gain a working knowledge of WebGL through clear and simple examples. Understand core 3D graphics concepts and how to implement them in WebGL Create WebGL sample pages as you learn, and build a racing game application in the final chapter Get to know the Three.js open source library in detail Develop working knowledge of graphics rendering, texturing, animation, interaction, and behaviors Seamlessly integrate 3D graphics with other content on the page Learn the tools, file formats, and techniques for developing robust and secure applications in a production environment "WebGL: Up and Running is an ideal introduction to the world of 3D programming on the web. It{u2019}s well-written, clear, and fun. I wish it had been around when I started learning!" {u2014}Giles Thomas, LearningWebGL.com.