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WebGL has been around for quite a while now, but I never see any websites using it. Surely they exist somewhere? What have I been missing? Anyone have a good so
by tw1010 9y ago
WebGL has been around for quite a while now, but I never see any websites using it. Surely they exist somewhere? What have I been missing? Anyone have a good source of links to things using WebGL?
- mertens 9y agoAlmost all browser games coming out these days. Here's a link with a list if you want to see what they're like: https://www.crazygames.com/t/webgl https://www.crazygames.com/t/webgl It's quite impressive. Try any of Madalin Stunt Cars, Bullet Force, or Truck Driver Crazy Road 2 in fullscreen considering each of them is built by a single developer and be amazed (I am, at least).
- King-Aaron 9y agoI really like the prominent yet still fairly subtle use here: https://panic.com/transmit/ https://panic.com/transmit/
- diimdeep 9y agohttps://threejs.org https://threejs.org
- based2 9y agohttps://github.com/WhitestormJS/whs.js https://github.com/WhitestormJS/whs.js
- bearforcenine 9y agoLucidchart uses WebGL for the canvas in our editor. The menus around the canvas are Angular, but the actual editor is all WebGL. Full disclosure: I work at Lucid.
- jsheard 9y agoGoogle Maps uses WebGL to render the map, even in the 2D view.
- heavenlyblue 9y agoUsing latest Firefox: why is Google Maps so comparably bad (scaling is only in steps when using scrolling, much slower time to load the map) compared to a MapBox mentioned in a neighbouring comment?
- hamtr 9y agoThe canvas in Figma (https://www.figma.com/ https://www.figma.com/) uses WebGL. We wrote about it here: https://blog.figma.com/building-a-professional-design-tool-on-the-web-6332ed4f1fcc https://blog.figma.com/building-a-professional-design-tool-o...
- NelsonMinar 9y agoPretty much every modern online map. Mapbox GL JS is a good open source option: https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/ https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/
- tlackemann 9y agoMost browser games not written in Flash are most likely taking advantage of WebGL[1] My personal favorite is the Canada Banknote[2] [1] http://www.pixijs.com/ http://www.pixijs.com/ [2] https://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/banknote150/ https://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/banknote150/
- Theodores 9y agoFrom that I learned about Nunavut, this was not on the maps I had as a kid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut Fascinating.
- sorenjan 9y agohttp://acko.net/ http://acko.net/ is a good example of how visualizations can make articles better.