An open-source browser plug-in gives games and other Web applications the ability to take advantage of a computer's graphics chip. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API that enables hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics directly in the browser via the HTML canvas. It powers tools like Google Maps, enables web-based ...

The big picture: WebGL brought GPU-accelerated 3D graphics to the web. Now, a new API is being explicitly designed to take web graphics to the next level, with advanced features taken directly from ...

WebGL or Web Graphics Library is nothing but a JavaScript API which helps it in rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics on any supporting web browser without any third party plugins being used. It ...

3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that utilize a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing ...

Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and rendered for a 2D screen. From polygon count and meshes, to lighting and texturing, there are a lot of considerations in building the 3D ...

Why it matters: In a world dominated by powerful GPUs from Nvidia and AMD, one self-taught coder is demonstrating that it's possible to create impressive 3D graphics from scratch. Alex Fish has ...