WebGL Programming Guide. Matsuda & Lea

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This book covers the WebGL 1.0 API along with all related JavaScript functions. You will learn how HTML, JavaScript, and WebGL are related, how to set up and run WebGL applications, and how to incorporate sophisticated 3D program “shaders” under the control of JavaScript. The book details how to write vertex and fragment shaders, how to implement advanced rendering techniques such as per-pixel lighting and shadowing, and basic interaction techniques such as selecting 3D objects. Each chapter develops a number of working, fully functional WebGL applications and explains key WebGL features through these examples. After finishing the book, you will be ready to write WebGL applications that fully harness the programmable power of web browsers and the underlying graphics hardware.

Book examples by chapter

Full text example chapter: Chapter 3

• • Chapter 1: Overview of WebGL

  • Chapter 2: Your First Step with WebGL

  • Chapter 3: Drawing and Transforming Triangles

  • Chapter 4: More transformations and Basic Animation

  • Chapter 5: Using Colors and Texture Images

  • Chapter 6: The OpenGL ES Shading Language (GLSL ES)

  • Chapter 7: Toward the 3D World

  • Chapter 8: Lighting Objects

  • Chapter 9: Hierarchical Objects

  • Chapter 10: Advanced Techniques

  • Appendices: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

  • Extras: extra examples

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