A JavaScript 3D model viewer in your browser
Although people talk of HTML5 being the future of the web, such a future also means JavaScript is becoming an ever more important part of web development. While HTML5 brings features like the Canvas tag for drawing in a browser, JavaScript is what you use to control what’s being drawn and the manipulation there of.
This latest project is a great example of what the future holds. While software such as 3DS Max, Maya, and Blender dominate the 3D Models and modeling market on the desktop, project Thingview.js takes a first step to reproducing that functionality in a web browser.
Thingview is a 3D model viewer written in JavaScript. It works with all browsers, and allows you to interact with a 3D model on your iPhone or Android smartphone through their mobile browsers. If Canvas and WebGL are available it will take advantage of them making for a much smoother viewing experience. You can even import your own models and get them rendered if the file isn’t too big.
Feature so far include:
- supports binary and ascii STL and OBJ files without requiring any preprocessing, all the parsing is done on the client in javascript
- everything is done client side in JavaScript, requires no plugins for most browsers
- should work in all browsers, including iPhone/iPad (might require Google Chrome Frame for IE)
- uses HTML canvas or automatically detects and enables webgl if browser supports it
- model and background color changing support
- ability to rotate the camera around the model and change the view
It builds on the Three.js JavaScript 3D Models engine which has a broader scope of being a very lightweight 3D solution for a web browser. If you want to see Thingview in action just head on over to theexamples page. Just remember, performance will be governed by your PC and the browser being used.
What’s exciting about both these projects is the fact it paves the way for 3D Models creation, not just viewing, in the browser (and cloud) in the future. We’re all getting used to creating 2D content in online apps such as those offered by Aviary and deviantArt’s Muro app. How long before we get some serious 3D modeling apps appearing?
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