
Implementations Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine Īlmost Native Graphics Layer Engine (ANGLE) is an open source graphic engine which implements WebGL 1.0 (2.0 which closely conforms to ES 3.0) and OpenGL ES 2.0 and 3.0 standards. įirst implementations are in Firefox 51, Chrome 56 and Opera 43. The specification is based on OpenGL ES 3.0. ĭevelopment of the WebGL 2 specification started in 2013 and finished in January 2017. These applications included Fusion 360 and AutoCAD 360. In November 2012 Autodesk announced that they ported most of their applications to the cloud running on local WebGL clients. As of March 2012, the chair of the working group is Ken Russell.Īn early application of WebGL was Zygote Body. Version 1.0 of the WebGL specification was released March 2011. In early 2009, the non-profit technology consortium Khronos Group started the WebGL Working Group, with initial participation from Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera, and others. By the end of 2007, both Mozilla and Opera had made their own separate implementations. Vukićević first demonstrated a Canvas 3D prototype in 2006. WebGL evolved out of the Canvas 3D experiments started by Vladimir Vukićević at Mozilla. This code is executed for each vertex sent through the API and for each pixel rasterized to the screen. The WebGL implementation compiles these strings to GPU code. Shaders in WebGL are written in GLSL and passed to the WebGL API as text strings. This functionality, if required, has to be implemented by the developer using shader code and JavaScript. Like OpenGL ES 2.0, WebGL lacks the fixed-function APIs introduced in OpenGL 1.0 and deprecated in OpenGL 3.0. Automatic memory management is provided implicitly by JavaScript. It guarantees the availability of many optional extensions of WebGL 1.0, and exposes new APIs. It uses the HTML5 canvas element and is accessed using Document Object Model (DOM) interfaces. WebGL 1.0 is based on OpenGL ES 2.0 and provides an API for 3D graphics. On FebruKhronos Group announced WebGL 2.0 support for all major browsers. WebGL is designed and maintained by the non-profit Khronos Group. WebGL code is executed on a computer's graphics processing unit (GPU). WebGL programs consist of control code written in JavaScript, and shader code written in OpenGL ES Shading Language (GLSL ES), a language similar to C or C++. WebGL elements can be mixed with other HTML elements and composited with other parts of the page or page background. WebGL is fully integrated with other web standards, allowing GPU-accelerated usage of physics and image processing and effects as part of the web page canvas. WebGL (Short for Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins.
