Experimenting with Animate Beta Platforms

In recent versions of Animate, Adobe has included a number of new document types that are intended for different use cases. This includes a set of four document types currently marked specifically as beta. They include WebGL glTF (Standard), WebGL glTF (Extended), VR Panorama, and VR 360. These can only be accessed through the Advanced category of the New Document dialog.

Since these document types are still in beta development, we won't spend as much time on them as we have the previously covered document types in Animate, but they are certainly exciting and worth our attention, so we'll give each a quick overview before moving on.

WebGL glTF – Standard and Extended

The two WebGL glTF document types in Animate allow the creation of web-based content as part of a GPU-accelerated experience. WebGL is a cross-platform web standard focused on low-level 3D graphics and the term glTF (GL Transmission Format) is an API-neutral...