Use WebGL with the GLGE Library

Want to start with 3D on the Web (WebGL) but don’t feel like dealing with plugins and cross-browser glitches?  Congratulations, GLGE is here to make all of that a thing of the past.

GLGE is a javascript library intended to ease the use of WebGL; which is basically a native browser javascript API giving direct access to openGL ES2, allowing for the use of hardware accelerated 2D/3D applications without having to download any plugins.

The aim of GLGE is to mask the involved nature of WebGL from the web developer, who can then spend his/her time creating richer content for the web.

It’s still in early development (version 0.1Alpha!), but looks promising while we wait for the various browsers and plugins to catch up and reach feature parity.  They have a demo on their website (if you’re in a WebGL compliant browser), you can see the video of their system after the break.

via GLGE Library.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .