[4eyes] 3D Rendering on the Web

[Chris Sweeney]

http://mrdoob.github.com/three.js/

I found this rendering library for JS that allows you to do 3D in the
browser easily. There seems to be a lot of hype about this particular
library right now. I really like the idea of being able to share models or
data that we create on the web like this. There are several different
shaders and renderers that it can use, so you can do some neat
computationally intensive things (for being in the browser) since the
rendering will be local on your graphics card. It can also load models from
a variety of standalone programs (e.g. Blender).

I personally am interested in building an API using this that allows people
to easily put point clouds (and camera poses) online... sort of like
Meshlab on the web. This library allows you to use WebGL, so the transition
if you're familiar with OpenGL won't be too steep. It can also conveniently
use JSON to import models. Let me know if anybody is interested in
collaborating to create such an API

-Chris
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