awesome-webgl
by sjfricke
A curated list of awesome WebGL libraries, resources and much more
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WebGL reference
A curated collection of resources and guides for learning and using WebGL in web development
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WebGL / Articles
- Context Loss & Preloading
How to manage WebGL when you run into the dreaded context lost
- WebGL Off the Main Thread
How to use Web Workers in WebGL
- Optimizing Scenes for Better WebGL Performance
optimization techniques that proved to work well for creating WebGL-based interactives
- First steps in WebGL
Learn what WebGL is and how it works by drawing a triangle
WebGL / Blog Series
- Codeflow
Many blogs on different tricks and techniques
- Real-Time Rendering
This is the blog for the book
- WebGL Best Practices
Mozilla's offical set of best practices
- WebGL Insights
This is the blog for the book
WebGL Month
– Daily WebGL tutorial for a month
- WebGL Image Processing
Covers a range of algorithms in WebGL such as Color Correction, Blend Modes, Thresholding, Dithering, Convolution and Film Grain
WebGL / Books
- Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL
by and - Suitable for undergraduate students in computer science and engineering, for students in other disciplines who have good programming skills, and for professionals interested in computer animation and graphics using the latest version of WebGL
- Professional WebGL Programming
by - Everything you need to know about developing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with WebGL
- Programming 3D Applications with HTML5 and WebGL
by - Create high-performance, visually stunning 3D applications for the Web, using HTML5 and related technologies such as CSS3 and WebGL—the emerging web graphics standard
- WebGL Beginner's guide
by and - For JavaScript developer who wants to take the plunge into 3D web development via WebGL
- WebGL Hotshot
by - For web designer looking to expand your knowledge of 3D graphics concepts and broaden your existing skill set
WebGL Insights
by - Presents real-world techniques for intermediate and advanced WebGL developers by assembling contributions from experienced WebGL engine and application developers, GPU vendors, browser developers, researchers, and educators
WebGL / Books / WebGL Insights
WebGL / Books
- WebGL Programming Guide: Interactive 3D Graphics Programming with WebGL
by and - WebGL Programming Guide will help you get started quickly with interactive WebGL 3D programming, even if you have no prior knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, 3D graphics, mathematics, or OpenGL
WebGL / Bug Reporting
- Chrome Bug Report
Chrome related bugs
Khronos Github Issue Page
Spec or Conformance related bugs
- Mozilla BugZilla
Firefox related bugs
- WebKit Bugzilla
Safari related bugs
WebGL / GLSL Editors
- Fractal Lab
Online fractal explorer allowing you to explore 2D and 2D fractal
- GLSL Sandbox
Online live editor for fragment shaders
- GLSLbin
Fragment shader sandbox supporting
- Shader Toy
Most popular live editor for fragment shaders
- ShaderFrog
WebGL Shader Editor and Composer
- SHDR Editor
Live GLSL shader editor, viewer and validator
- ShaderExpo
Dependency free shader editor featuring inline error logs, auto completions, models and textures loading
WebGL / References
Google Project ANGLE
Default WebGL backend for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on Windows platforms
- Khronos Official Wiki
The official wiki for WebGL
- WebVR Community Group
Group who's goal is to help bring high-performance Virtual Reality to the open Web
- WebGL Errata
Known bugs in graphics drivers affect the conformance suite, and consequently, portability of code
- WebGL Extensions
List of extensions for WebGL
- WebGL Reference Card
WebGL 1.0 API Quick Reference Card for printing
WebGL Source Code
Source code to both view and contribute
- WebGL Spec Sheet
All the detailed information about WebGL
WebGL / Talks
- List of Presentations
List presented by Khronos of various WebGL related presentations
- Next-Generation 3D Graphics on the Web
Talk at Google I/O 19 from Ricardo Cabello (MrDoob)
WebGL / Tools/Debugging
Khronos Dev Tools
Useful WebGL developer tools, intended to be used as an ES6 module
- Spector.js
Agnostic JavaScript framework for exploring and troubleshooting your WebGL scenes
- WebGL Inspector
Tool inspired by gDEBugger and PIX with the goal of making the development of advanced WebGL applications easier
- WebGl Playground
The editor lets you work on the JavaScript code and the GLSL vertex/fragment shaders (if you have any) at the same time in a convenient way. Everything is organized, formatted and highlighted properly, just as you would like
- WebGL Report
Way to view the details of what your browser supports for WebGL
- WebGL Support Stats
Interactive dashboard showing the support for WebGL features in different browsers and devices
- WebGL Texture Tester
Attempts to load one of every texture format supported by WebGL, intended to quickly show which formats your browser/device supports
- Web Tracing Framework
Set of libraries, tools, and visualizers for the tracing and investigation of complex web applications
GLSL Shader Editor Extension
Chrome DevTools extension to help you edit shaders live in the browser
- Spector.js Extension
Explore and Troubleshoot your WebGL and WebGL2 scenes easily
Webgl Insight
Chrome extension WebGL debugging toolkit providing a variety of capabilities
- Canvas Debugger
Quick tutorial how to use Firefox's developer tools to debug WebGL Shaders
- Firefox Developer Tools
The official list of all of Firefox's debugger tools
- Shader Editor
Quick tutorial how to use Firefox's developer tools to debug WebGL Shaders
WebGL / Tutorials
- Directional Shadow Mapping
Concepts behind real time directional light shadow mapping
- Get Started Tutorial
Khronos' tutorial how to get up and running with WebGL
- Getting Started with WebGL
Mozilla Foundation guide to getting started with WebGL
- Learn WebGL
Tutorials Point set of article to get you familiar with WebGL terms
- Learning WebGL
Tutorials from the author of
- Multitexturing using a Blendmap
How to use a blendmap to multitexture a terrain
- Particle Effects via Billboards
Create particle effects by applying a technique called billboarding
- The Book of Shaders
Gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders
- WebGL Academy
Simplified online IDE with automatic indentation, syntax highlighting for HTML, Javascript, GLSL and Python. You can run your code and download your projects
- WebGL Fundamentals
Series of online tutorials with code samples and live demonstrations
- WebGL Workshop
Interactive workshop to get you up and running with WebGL
WebGL / Videos
- An Introduction to WebGL Programming
3 hour overview of WebGL by SIGGRAPH University
- WebGL Tutorials - YouTube
Series of lecture style video tutorials from Indigo Code on YouTube
WebGL 2 / Articles
- WebGL 2 What's New
Look into the new features added in WebGL 2
- What's Coming in WebGL 2.0
Look into the upcoming features of WebGL 2
- WebGL 2 SIGGRAPH Asia 2015
Presentation by Zhenyao Mo, Ken Russell of Google during SIGGRAPH Asia 2015
- WebGL 2 Lands in Firefox
Information the support for WebGL 2 starting with Firefox 51
- WebGL 2 Basics
Blog post about getting started with WebGL 2
- WebGL 2 New Features
Blog post about whats new and cool in WebGl 2
WebGL 2 / References
- WebGL 2 Spec Sheet (Editor Draft)
All the detailed information about WebGL 2
- WebGL 2 Reference Card
WebGL 2.0 API Quick Reference Card for printing
- WebGL 2 Compatible Chart
Chart to show current browsers supporting WebGL 2
WebGL 2 / Tutorials
- WebGL 2 Fundamentals
Series of online tutorials with code samples and live demonstrations
- WebGL 2 Samples
Great source of many different WebGL 2 work with very good commenting
WebGL 2 Examples
Rendering algorithms implemented in raw WebGL 2
WebGL 2 / Videos
- Fun with WebGL 2.0
Video tutorial series on getting started with WebGL 2, still actively adding videos
- WebGL 2.0 is Here: What You Need To Know
Khronos Webinar April 2017
WebGL 2 / Videos / WebGL 2.0 is Here: What You Need To Know
WebVR / Blog Series
- Mozilla VR Blog
WebVR focused blog from makers of Firefox
WebVR / Platforms
- JanusVR
Webpages as collaborative 3D webspaces interconnected by portals
WebVR / References
- Browser Support
Shows support by browser, headset, and OS
- Mozilla VR
Mozilla's official WebVR page
- UX of VR
Curated list of resources to help create good UX in WebVR
- WebXR Device API
The W3C draft API for WebXR
- WebVR Spec
The official W3C WebVR spec (legacy)
WebVR / References / WebVR Spec
Libraries / 2D
p2.js
2D rigid body physics engine written in JavaScript
- Phaser
Open source HTML5 2D game framework for Canvas and WebGL, supports mobile web browsers
- PixiJS
powerful 2D Javascript renderer based on WebGL
Planck.js
2D physics engine for cross-platform HTML5 game development
Stage.js
2D Library for cross-platform HTML5 game development
Libraries / Compute (GPGPU)
- GammaCV
WebGL accelerated Computer Vision library for browser
Phenomenon
Very small, low-level WebGL library that provides the essentials to deliver a high performance experience
Libraries / Maps and Visualizations
Libraries / Math
Libraries / Rendering
GLBoost
Rendering library for 3D graphic geeks
- GrimoireGL
Bridge between Web engineers and CG engineers
Hilo3d
WebGL rendering engine for 3D games
Libraries / Physics
Libraries / WebGL 2
- PicoGL.js
Minimal WebGL 2-only rendering library
Libraries / WebVR
- A-Frame
Web framework for building virtual reality experiences
Libraries / WebVR / A-Frame
Libraries / WebVR
Libraries / Others
- Babylon.js
Complete JavaScript framework for building 3D games with HTML5, WebGL and Web Audio
- Blend4Web
Tool for interactive 3D visualization on the Internet
- ClayGL
WebGL graphic Library for building scalable Web3D applications
- CopperLicht
JavaScript library and WebGL 3D engine for creating games and 3D applications
- GLGE
Javascript library intended to ease the use of WebGL
Lightgl.js
Lightweight and explict library to help prototype
- OSG.js
WebGL framework based on OpenSceneGraph concepts to interact with WebGL
- Pex-gl
JavaScript libraries for computational thinking in Plask/Node.js and WebGL
- PlayCanvas
Game engine platform to build interactive experiences
Pocket.gl
Fully customizable webgl shader sandbox to embed in your pages
- Regl
Light declarative and stateless library, functional abstraction for WebGL
- Scene.js
Extensible WebGL-based engine for high-detail 3D visualisation
- Three.js
Aimed to create an easy to use, lightweight, 3D library
Turbulenz
Modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers, desktops and mobile devices
- Verge3D
an artist-friendly toolkit for creating 3D web experiences
- Whitestorm.js
Framework for developing 3D web apps with physics
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