【My Study Note】Tools to produce 2D and 3D
Tools to produce 2D and 3D
There are many authoring tools available to produce animated and video game content for the web browser. But all of these are underpinned by one of four technologies.
Mein Technologies
- GIF
- WebP
- 2D canvas
- WebGL
GIF and WebP
The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) along with the WebP image format is used for animated images.
An image using this format has no interactivity, but it’s popular for embedding animated content and for building 2D video games and animations.
2D canvas
The 2D canvas allows 2D graphics to be drawn in the web browser. It’s popular for building 2D video games and animations.
WebGL
The logic and behavior of an animation or video game are defined using javascript. But what about 3D graphics. Web GL is a popular technology for building 2D and 3D animations and advanced graphics.
The benefit of WebGL is that a dedicated chip in your device called a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) does the calculations when graphics are rendered to the screen. This allows for complex calculations such as lighting simulation and rendering massive 3D worlds.