Mission accomplished
This project covered the groundwork in WebGL: shader languages, reading 3D models by artists, the math behind ray-bounding box detection and matrices, and examples of how WebGL can transform the world of e-commerce. Along the way, we covered the fundamentals: 3D meshes built from a set of vertices connected three-somes to form triangles; the normals at each vertex, used to calculate the light; and cameras, so we can render a scene from any location. We then applied texture maps to 3D meshes that apply a virtual wallpaper to our 3D structures. Finally, we included interactivity to manipulate objects in the 3D scene.
A factor for WebGL as a tool for e-commerce will be transitioning from the current catalog design of 2D websites, ...
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