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Future of what? I don't know any use case where I would want 3D graphics on my web pages. Running games in a browser? That's a stupid idea to begin with. Brows
by Geee 15y ago
Future of what? I don't know any use case where I would want 3D graphics on my web pages.
Running games in a browser? That's a stupid idea to begin with. Browser should be just a document reader, and games are not documents.
Why are we reinventing wheel again? Games used to be crappy, and now we want crappy games again? Why is it so amazing if something runs in a browser? Why don't we think about other solutions like making native apps more web-like?
- gcp 15y agoWhy is it so amazing if something runs in a browser? Why don't we think about other solutions like making native apps more web-like? What's amazing is that something that runs in the browser will run on every platform where there is a browser (with some proper care of the inevitable small standard deviations). No such luck with native apps.
- tjoff 15y agoYeah, with native apps you have to run a script that compiles it for all platforms.
- Klinky 15y agoWhat magic script lets you natively compile OpenGL code for Mac, Linux, Windows & portable platforms without having to write any platform specific code?
- tjoff 15y agoWho said anything about not having to write any platform specific code? "with some proper care of the inevitable small standard deviations" Is exactly what I would say is required to make a game run on different platforms. It of course depends on what you want to do, but if you limit yourself to the subset that is the browser there shouldn't be any real problems at all.
- dtf 15y agoPlenty of games run in the browser already, without 3D. There are also plenty of use cases for in-browser 3D that aren't game-related. See Google MapsGL or the Google Body Browser. It has huge potential for education in the sciences - I've seen a number of interesting medical teaching tools appearing. One of the benefits of WebGL vs native application, is the ability to combine it with the entire set of document-based browser features that you're already familiar with. In fact, this is so useful that some native games these days are doing the opposite - embedding a browser kit into the game for the sake of the UI.
- Tichy 15y agoNice try, but to become famous with statements like that you should be head of some large company like IBM or Microsoft.
- FooBarWidget 15y agoDistribution via the web is much easier. Telling people to install a .exe usually scares them, but pretty much everybody can go to a web page. And you don't have to worry about updates.