Professional WebGL programming : developing 3D graphics for the web

Everything you need to know about developing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with WebGL! As the newest technology for creating 3D graphics on the web, in both games, applications, and on regular websites, WebGL gives web developers the capability to produce eye-popping graphics. This book teaches you how to use WebGL to create stunning cross-platform apps. The book features several detailed examples that show you how to develop 3D graphics with WebGL, including explanations of code snippets that help you understand the why behind the how. You will also develop a stronger understanding of WebGL development from coverage that: •Provides a comprehensive overview of WebGL and shows how it relates to other graphics-related technologies •Addresses important topics such as the WebGL graphics pipeline, 3D transformations, texturing and lighting •Teaches you how to write vertex shaders and fragment shaders for WebGL •Includes a lot of useful guidelines, tips, and tricks for WebGL performance optimizations Professional WebGL Programming is the first book on the market to delve into this fascinating topic and it puts you on your way to mastering the possibilities that exist with WebGL. La memoria -capacidad de adquirir y almacenar información sumamente diversa, desde las nimiedades de la vida cotidiana hasta las complejas abstracciones de la geografía y del álgebra- es uno de los aspectos más notables del comportamiento humano: confiere continuidad a nuestra vida y nos brinda una imagen coherente del pasado que pone en perspectiva la experiencia actual. Pero, ¿cómo se generan los recuerdos en el cerebro? Hasta hace unas pocas décadas, la mera idea de explicar los recuerdos y otros aspectos de la mente mediante estudios biológicos e interacciones moleculares era inconcebible. Sin embargo, el estudio biológico de la mente se ha transformado, desde entonces, en una posibilidad viable y una realidad concreta. En este libro se entretejen dos historias: la historia intelectual de los extraordinarios adelantos producidos en el estudio de la mente en los últimos cincuenta años y la historia de la vida y la carrera científica de uno de los mayores artífices de esos adelantos: el Premio Nobel Eric Kandel. Impulsado por una curiosidad vehemente y contagiosa, Kandel describe la trama de esta cautivante historia intelectual, uno de cuyos hilos fue su empeño por comprender la memoria. Comenzando por sus recuerdos de infancia en la Viena ocupada por los nazis, el autor hace una crónica de su descollante carrera, desde su deslumbramiento inicial con la historia, el psicoanálisis y los estudios de neurobiología, hasta sus innovadores trabajos sobre los procesos celulares y moleculares de la memoria que lo hicieron acreedor de los mayores reconocimientos científicos. Hábil combinación de recuerdos personales e historia, de la biología moderna y los estudios sobre el comportamiento, En busca de la memoria es un libro en que se entrecruzan una brillante travesía intelectual y una de las empresas científicas más grandes del siglo XX: la indagación de los fundamentos biológicos de la memoria

Everything you need to know about developing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with WebGL!

As the newest technology for creating 3D graphics on the web, in both games, applications, and on regular websites, WebGL gives web developers the capability to produce eye-popping graphics. This book teaches you how to use WebGL to create stunning cross-platform apps. The book features several detailed examples that show you how to develop 3D graphics with WebGL, including explanations of code snippets that help you understand the why behind the how.

You will also develop a stronger understanding of WebGL development from coverage that:

•Provides a comprehensive overview of WebGL and shows how it relates to other graphics-related technologies
•Addresses important topics such as the WebGL graphics pipeline, 3D transformations, texturing and lighting
•Teaches you how to write vertex shaders and fragment shaders for WebGL
•Includes a lot of useful guidelines, tips, and tricks for WebGL performance optimizations

Professional WebGL Programming is the first book on the market to delve into this fascinating topic and it puts you on your way to mastering the possibilities that exist with WebGL.

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