CHAPTER 21
Saving Bandwidth and Memory with WebGL and Crunch
When it comes to optimization, both real-time 3D applications and web pages happen to share a common target: images. Images, whether they take the form of textures or <img> tags, often make up the majority of the visual information on your screen at any given time. The metrics for optimization differ based on the medium, however. 3D apps, such as games, need images that can be loaded quickly, drawn fast, and take up as little memory as possible by taking advantage of hardware-supported texture compression formats. Web pages, on the other hand, ...
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