His demo displays the 3D model in a Canvas element and allows the user to rotate by clicking and dragging. A quick glance at the page source code provides some insight into how WebGL works.

The organization has established a WebGL workgroup that will define a JavaScript binding to OpenGL ES 2.0 which can be used to build 3D engines for the Web.

Oct 23, 2015 06:00:00 HTML5 + WebGL moves the 3D model of BMW i8 with the browser grumbling & color change & visible PlayCanvas demonstration is amazing ...

Among them: 3D web app demos using WebGL, sandboxing of Flash and Google Instant directly in the omnibar. The neatest of the new 3D demos is Body Browser, a 3D visualization of the human body. You can ...

Using WebGL and HTML5 improves usability with plugin-free viewing of 3D directly in a web browser, eliminating the need to download and install dedicated apps. Most WebGL 3D solutions on the market ...

That’s the beauty of playing in a newfangled Web browser leveraging Web GL, which Kronos Group notes: “WebGL brings plugin-free 3D to the web, implemented right into the browser.

A prime early example of WebGL at work is the Google Labs’ Google Body browser, an interactive 3D model of the human body. Like Cyclebob, it’s a bit buggy, but the ideas behind it are amazing.

3D on the Web is a competitive area, with WebGL support being built into Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera--the four browsers that all trail Microsoft's Internet Explorer in usage.

WebGL, a new standard from Khronos Group, lets Web programmers add hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Web with an interface that mirrors the OpenGL ES 2.0 standard used among other places in ...