[Commons-l] WebGL enabled in Firefox nightlies

[bawolff]

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> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:29:08 +0100
> From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Commons-l] WebGL enabled in Firefox nightlies
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> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/webgl-in-firefox-nightly-builds-demoed-with-3d-spore-model.ars
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> This is actually a library usable with JavaScript. But the question
> does occur to me: is there anything in this we could use? Content it
> was previously unfeasible to serve?
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> - d.

We could display 3d world files (VRML and what not. which honestly
this whole webGL thing imho seems to vrml/x3d what canvas is to svg -
two sides of the same coin. but than again i'm not all that familiar
with it). I'm not sure how useful that'd be. Could display 3d shapes
perhaps where the user could control the viewpoint.  Maybe to make
3d-tour esque things where you could look arround a place. Overall the
uses of such a thing seem rather minimal.

-bawolff