Hi. I'd like to know if there is any way to draw hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in the web. What is the best technology for this? Java/Flash/Silverlight or maybe could it done with JavaScript? Maybe HTML5?
Thanks.
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I think this might be something interesting to you:
Google's O3D plugin
http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/04/google-releases-3d-graphics-plugin-for-browsers.ars
John Boker
2010-02-06 15:03:46
Looks cool, I'll check it out. Anyway: Is it ready to use for real games?
TTT
2010-02-06 15:15:16
the community gallery has a bunch of examples, http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/docs/gallery.html there are a few games in there.
John Boker
2010-02-06 15:18:29
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You might also want to look at the WebGL standard. It is already implemented in nightly builds of Firefox, Chrome and Safari on Leopard and Snow Leopard. The Learning WebGL Blog has a lot of useful information.
kloffy
2010-02-06 15:20:49
There's a WebGL-based game engine called CopperLicht that might be of interest: http://www.ambiera.com/copperlicht/index.htmlThe WebGL "community gallery" equivalent is here: http://khronos.org/webgl/wiki/User_ContributionsIt's worth noting that WebGL is quite literally a set of JavaScript bindings for OpenGL ES 2.0, so it's pretty low-level. That gives you a lot more control than O3D, but means that you have to do more coding yourself. There are also performance effects from coding more of the scene in JavaScript -- but then, WebGL doesn't require a plugin. It's a tricky balance :-)
Giles Thomas
2010-02-07 13:30:40
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Few years ago I had an experience with Virtools.
Accelerated graphics worked, the technology was stable. The company provided good (but expensive) support. There's also large online community at theswapmeet.com.
The pricing was a little bit too high, though I don't know the current situation.
Soonts
2010-02-06 16:30:14