Learning Three.js : the JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL.: the JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Dirksen, Jos
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Creating Your First 3D Scene with Three.js; Requirements for using Three.js; Getting the source code; Using Git to clone the repository; Downloading and extracting the archive; Testing the examples; Python-based approach should work on most Unix/Mac systems; NPM-based approach if you've got Node.js installed; Portable version of Mongoose for Mac/Windows; Creating an HTML skeleton page; Rendering and viewing a 3D object. Adding materials, lights, and shadowsExpanding your first scene with animations; Introducing the requestAnimationFrame() method; Animating the cube; Bouncing the ball; Using the dat. GUI library to make experimenting easier; Using the ASCII effect; Summary; Chapter 2:Working with the Basic Components That Make Up a Three.js Scene; Creating a scene; Basic functionality of the scene; Adding the fog effect to the scene; Using the overrideMaterial property; Working with the Geometry and Mesh objects; The properties and functions of a geometry; The functions and attributes for a mesh. Using the available cameras for different usesThe orthographic camera versus the perspective camera; Focusing the camera on a specific point; Summary; Chapter 3:Working with the Different Light Sources Available in Three.js; Exploring the lights provided by Three.js; Learning about the basic lights; AmbientLight -- a globally applied light source; Using the THREE. Color() object; PointLight -- the light that shines in all directions; SpotLight -- the light with a cone effect; DirectionalLight -- for a far away sun-like light source; Using special lights for advanced lighting; HemisphereLight. AreaLightLensFlare; Summary; Chapter 4:Working with the Three.js Materials; Understanding the common material properties; Basic properties; Blending properties; Advanced properties; Starting with the simple Mesh materials (basic, depth, and face); The MeshBasicMaterial for simple surfaces; The MeshDepthMaterial for depth-based coloring; Combining the materials; The MeshNormalMaterial for normal-based colors; The MeshFaceMaterial for assigning a material to each face; Learning about the advanced materials; The MeshLambertMaterial for dull, non-shiny surfaces. The MeshPhongMaterial for shiny objectsCreating your own shaders with the ShaderMaterial; Using the materials for a line geometry; The LineBasicMaterial; The LineDashedMaterial; Summary; Chapter 5:Learning to Work with Geometries; The basic geometries provided by Three.js; Two-dimensional geometries; PlaneGeometry; CircleGeometry; ShapeGeometry; Three-dimensional geometries; CubeGeometry; SphereGeometry; CylinderGeometry; TorusGeometry; TorusKnotGeometry; PolyhedronGeometry; Summary; Chapter 6:Using Advanced Geometries and Binary Operations; ConvexGeometry; LatheGeometry.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (402 pages)
• Subjects: 006.76; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- HTML; Application software -- Development -- Computer programs; Computer graphics -- Computer programs; Web sites -- Design; WebGL (Computer program language); Application software -- Development -- Computer programs; Computer graphics -- Computer programs; Web sites -- Design; WebGL (Computer program language); COMPUTERS -- Web -- Design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782166290; 1782166297; 9781782166283; 1782166289
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