Cool WebGL Stuff, 2021-02-25

[Ken Russell]

Dear WebGL community,

Cool stuff from around the web, as found by Khronos' WebGL working group.

Please share your own creations and findings!

• Wonderland engine https://wonderlandengine.com/:
  • WEBGL_multi_draw: ~10-20% CPU perf improvements, but more importantly save 50-80% of mesh data on the GPU and finally am able to implement culling or LODs efficiently. (Only on non-threaded environments, though, as the extension expects non-shared memory as mentioned on the emscripten PR also).
• NASA used Three.js and WebGL to visualize the Mars Perseverance rover landing!
  • https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/
  • https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/
  • Three.js: from 2D canvas rendering engine to visualizing NASA’s Perseverance Rover landing
  • <model-viewer> visualizing the first helicopter on Mars!
  • NASA also used WebGL (and it looks like Verge3D) to visualize their earlier Curiosity rover: https://eyes.nasa.gov/curiosity/
• @dotbigbang is hiring!
• Using @_binomial's Basis and @glTF3D to rebuild the Star-Lord PBR Demo
• Pagani Huayra Tricolore 2021 by SQUIR3D
• Beirut port silos 3D model using 500 photos and #photogrammetry in @RealityCapture_
• Quadcopter DJI Matrice 300 RTK by 19vitali99
• Verge3D for Maya v3.6 and Verge3D Ultimate released
• Fairer Tomorrow by Lusion
• Minimalist grid based water solution by @Mirko_Salm
• Metacurves by @igneus
• GravitySensor now supported in Generic Sensor API
• First public version of Silk Brush - Tilt Brush on the web - now available
• Skateboard [ Globe: DOWN IN FLAMES ] by @JackMcGames
• smoothstep.io shader animation tool released
• Three.js r126 released
• WebGL Meetup March 17
• Dab Motors’ PlayCanvas-based configurator

-Ken

P.S. Also archived as https://gfxprose.blogspot.com/2021/02/cool-webgl-stuff-2021-02-25.html .