WebGL Beginner's Guide: If you're a JavaScript developer who wants to take the plunge into 3D web development, this is the perfect primer. From a basic understanding of WebGL structure to creating realistic 3D scenes, everything you need is here.

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Dive headfirst into 3D web application development using WebGL and JavaScript.
Each chapter is loaded with code examples and exercises that allow the reader to quickly learn the various concepts associated with 3D web development
The only software that the reader needs to run the examples is an HTML5 enabled modern web browser. No additional tools needed.
A practical beginner's guide with a fast paced but friendly and engaging approach towards 3D web development

Description

WebGL is a new web technology that brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the browser without installing additional software. As WebGL is based on OpenGL and brings in a new concept of 3D graphics programming to web development, it may seem unfamiliar to even experienced Web developers.Packed with many examples, this book shows how WebGL can be easy to learn despite its unfriendly appearance. Each chapter addresses one of the important aspects of 3D graphics programming and presents different alternatives for its implementation. The topics are always associated with exercises that will allow the reader to put the concepts to the test in an immediate manner.WebGL Beginner's Guide presents a clear road map to learning WebGL. 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 WebGL topics, including drawing, color, texture, transformations, framebuffers, light, surfaces, geometry, and more. With each chapter, you will "level up"ù your 3D graphics programming skills. This book will become your trustworthy companion filled with the information required to develop cool-looking 3D web applications with WebGL and JavaScript.

Who is this book for?

This book is written for JavaScript developers who are interested in 3D web development. A basic understanding of the DOM object model and the jQuery library is ideal but not required. No prior WebGL knowledge is expected.

What you will learn

Understand the structure of a WebGL application
Build and render 3D objects with WebGL
Load complex models using JSON and AJAX
Set up a lighting model using shaders, physics of light reflection, and lighting strategies
Create a camera and use it to move around a 3D scene
Use texturing, lighting and shading techniques to add greater realism to 3D scenes
Implement selection of objects in a 3D scene with the mouse
Advanced techniques to create more visually complex and compelling scenes

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Publication date : Jun 15, 2012

Length: 376 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781849691727

Vendor :

Khronos Group

Category :

Game Development

Languages :

JavaScript

Concepts :

Graphics Programming

Tools :

WebGL

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Bernardo Apr 26, 2014

El tema de WebGL resulta algo complicado por la cantidad de conceptos que maneja. Pues bien, en este libro se combina una excelente pedagogía con ejemplos prácticos muy bien elaborados que facilmente se pueden implementar en un servidor web. No hay nada prescindible en este libro, todos los capítulos son esenciales. Merece la pena pagar lo que vale, es una buena inversión. Si te gusta el tema de WebGL disfrutarás con este libro y si eres un neófito como yo acabarás enganchado.

C. Moeller Oct 01, 2012

If you have wanted to start learning any kind of OpenGL, WebGL is a great way to start learning. This book provides a lot of information about using WebGL, from just introducing the canvas tag, to actually loading models from Blender in obj format, picking geometry using the mouse and ray tracing, and even using shaders in your WebGL application.If you have used OpenGL or OpenGL ES before, a lot of the techniques will be very familiar. If you haven't he starts off at the beginning, explaining everything thoroughly, and as long as you have programmed before, and hopefully have used Javascript, you will be able to start creating WebGL apps using modern techniques. The advantages of using WebGL include not needing to compile anything, so any text editor is all you really need(although I would recomend at least using notepad++), it uses Javascript, so has a relatively low barrier of entry for more novice programmers, and it's viewable on the web- so you could upload it to your website for everyone to be able to check out.If you know some Javascript, and are interested in adding anywhere from simple 3d, up to enough to create a small 3d game, this book would be able to get you started, and confident with using WebGL.

marketminutdave Sep 16, 2016

This book is soo good but admittedly I've only read One and a half chapters. Very easy to understand and even MOre intuitive than the JavaScript book I reviewed; here's a section:Buffers that contain vertex data are known as Vertex Buffer Objects ( VBOs ). Similarly, buffers that contain index data are known as Index Buffer Objects ( IBOs ).''I couldn't bold the ascii (pasted) text to also show how cleverly this is written.. So easy to scoop!The book is for a Song on kindle , when I bought it!!!!

Omid Karimi Jun 09, 2016

The development of the material starts good but for the first four chapters, one needs to know more and more about the next chapters before understanding the current chapter. Overall the book starts promising but deteriorates into jumping over important topics.

WebGL Beginner's Guide: If you're a JavaScript developer who wants to take the plunge into 3D web development, this is the perfect primer. From a basic understanding of WebGL structure to creating realistic 3D scenes, everything you need is here.

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