Re: Re: HTML5 canvas tag

On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 18:08 -0400, TG wrote: > This is the coolest thing I've seen using canvas so far: > > http://www.abrahamjoffe.com.au/ben/canvascape/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > To: Yeti <yeti@myhich.com> > Cc: PHP - General <php-general@lists.php.net> > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:08:30 +0100 > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: HTML5 canvas tag > > > On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 14:50 -0700, Yeti wrote: > > > I'm not very familiar with the whole thing yet but after looking at > > > your site I find it quite interesting. > > > So is it possible to render 3d vector based objects in the canvas and > > > if so an entire 3d based website? > > > Are there any 3d libraries yet like OpenGL for applications? > > > It would be quite handy to describe 3d/2d objects or styles with a > > > language like CSS. Do you think that will be possible in the near > > > future? > > > > > > A yeti. > > > > > The best thing I've seen so far for 3D on the web is Papervision. It's > > Flash based, but the donkey work is in Actionscript 3. > > > > The best thing I've seen so far in terms of what it's capable of is > > probably http://lab.zupko.info/reflection/realz/ which is > > displaying > > real-time reflections for an X-wing starfighter on some sort of ice cube > > mirror. You have to see it to understand it. It's also damn fast as > > libraries go. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > That's cool! It is a little slow though, speed is not half as good as Papervision. I don't know why, but that works for me yet the graph doesn't. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk