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    Gl Boost

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    A Useful WebGL Library for Small Turning
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    !!! CAUTION !!!

    This library is already deprecated (technically outdated too). I recommend switching to our new library, Rhodonite

    GLBoost

    GLBoost

    Join the chat at https://gitter.im/emadurandal/GLBoost

    A New WebGL Rendering Library for 3D Graphics Geeks

    Concept

    GLBoost is a new WebGL library for realtime 3D graphics geeks. It’s a low-level library that takes away the pain of having to deal with routine WebGL API tasks without limiting your expressive power. Use this library to spend your time doing cool stuff instead of fighting WebGL.

    Latest released revision

    Currently, r4 released!

    GLBoost Viewer

    GLBoostViewer

    This is a demo viewer using GLBoost. https://viewer.glboost.org/

    Test Examples

    Check our test examples page

    If you want to watch examples in local. Go to GLBoost top directory by terminal and start local web server up.

    $ cd GLBoost
$ npm install
$ npm start

    Key features

    • ECMAScript 2015 based library
    • Shader classes Mixin layered mechanism
    • WebGL2.0 Ready (Currently, Firefox and Chrome)
    • User's Custom Shader Support
    • Obj and glTF 1.0/2.0 loader
    • Phisically Based Rendering Support (Metallic-Roughness) (with/without Image based Lighting)
    • Experienced use in multiple commercial products/services

    GLBoostViewer

    Supported Browsers

    • Google Chrome (even WebGL 2.0 mode)
    • Firefox (even WebGL 2.0 mode)
    • Safari
    • iOS Safari
    • Android Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge (Xbox One included)

    Unsupported Browsers

    • Internet Explorer

    How to use

    1. Include build/glboost.js in your html file.

    <script src="./glboost.js"></script>

    2. Put canvas tag in body element.

    <body>
  <canvas id="world" width="600" height="600"></canvas>
</body>

    3. Write your codes.

    // setup GLBoost renderer
var canvas = document.getElementById("world");
var glBoostContext = new GLBoost.GLBoostMiddleContext(canvas);

var renderer = glBoostContext.createRenderer({
  clearColor: {
    red: 0.0,
    green: 0.0,
    blue: 0.0,
    alpha: 1
  }
});

// make a scene
var scene = glBoostContext.createScene();

// setup material
var material = glBoostContext.createClassicMaterial();
var texture = glBoostContext.createTexture("resources/texture.png");
material.setTexture(texture);
material.shaderClass = GLBoost.PhongShader;

// make a Sphere geometry
var geometry = glBoostContext.createSphere(20, 24, 24, null);

// set Sphere geometry and material to make a Mesh.
var earth = glBoostContext.createMesh(geometry, material);
// add the earth mesh to the scene
scene.addChild(earth);

// make a directonal light
var directionalLight = glBoostContext.createDirectionalLight(
  new GLBoost.Vector3(1, 1, 1),
  new GLBoost.Vector3(-1, -1, -1)
);
// add the light to the scene
scene.addChild(directionalLight);

// setup camera
var camera = glBoostContext.createPerspectiveCamera(
  {
    eye: new GLBoost.Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 60.0),
    center: new GLBoost.Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
    up: new GLBoost.Vector3(0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
  },
  {
    fovy: 45.0,
    aspect: 1.0,
    zNear: 0.1,
    zFar: 1000.0
  }
);
// add the camera to the scene
scene.addChild(camera);

// create an expression (which is composed of several rendering passes)
var expression = glBoostContext.createExpressionAndRenderPasses(1);

// set scene to render pass of expression
expression.renderPasses[0].scene = scene;

// call this method before rendering
expression.prepareToRender();

// rendering loop
renderer.doConvenientRenderLoop(expression, function() {
  // rotate camera
  var rotateMatrixY = GLBoost.Matrix33.rotateY(-1.0);
  rotatedVector = rotateMatrixY.multiplyVector(camera.eye);
  camera.eye = rotatedVector;
});

    for other usage, check examples!

    How to Install npm packages to build library, examples and API document

    $ npm install

    Build of GLBoost Library

    $ npm run build

    Build of examples

    Some examples needs to be built by Babel because they are written ECMAScript 2015. The following command builds them all.

    $ npm run build-examples

    Build of API Document

    $ npm run esdoc

    (Note: The documentation coverage is still very low. We address the resolution of this problem.)

    Test

    $ npm run test

    (Note: The test coverage is still very low. We address the resolution of this problem.)

    Roadmap

    Coming Soon

    • Improvement of Realtime shadow

    Near Future

    • Both Clustered Forward Rendering and Deferred Rendering Support
    • Global Illumination (Light Propergation Volume or etc...)
    • Unity like Entity-Component-System
    • Original Giga DataTexture Architecture
    • High-level API for beginners

    License

    This library is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE file.

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