Andreas Anyuru - Professional WebGL Programming: Developing 3D Graphics for the Web

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This edition first published 2012

2012 Andreas Anyuru

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ANDREAS ANYURU has extensive experience with various web technologies, including WebGL. He has worked with web browser integration and optimizations for mobile devices for many years. Andreas is one of the contributors to the V8 JavaScript engine that is used in Google Chrome for desktops and in Android. He has developed new courses and taught at the Information and Communications Engineering division at Lund University.

Andreas is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at ST-Ericsson, where his primary area of expertise is web technologies. In this position, he is responsible for ensuring that existing and forthcoming web technologies work in an optimal way on ST-Ericssons Linux-based mobile platforms.

Andreas holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, Sweden.

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

PAUL BRUNT was working with JavaScript early on in the emergence of HTML5 to create some early games and applications that made extensive use of SVG, canvas, and a new generation of fast JavaScript engines. This work included a proof-of-concept platform game demonstration called Berts Breakdown. With a keen interest in computer art and an extensive knowledge of Blender, combined with knowledge of real-time graphics, the introduction of WebGL was the catalyst for the creation of GLGE. He began work on GLGE in 2009 when WebGL was still in its infancy, gearing it heavily towards the development of online games. Paul has also contributed to other WebGL frameworks and projects, as well as porting the jiglib physics library to javascript in 2010, demoing 3D physics within a browser for the first time.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A BIG THANK YOU goes to the Khronos WebGL Working Group, which created the WebGL specification and the browser vendors, including open source projects, which have implemented the specification. Without your work, this book would not exist. In addition, I want to thank all developers in the WebGL community who have contributed to WebGL as a technology with their discussions, experiments, and examples.

I want to thank the people at Wiley, especially Jeff Riley, Sara Shlaer, Ellie Scott, and Chris Webb. You have all done a great job supporting me.

I want to say thank you to all my great colleagues at ST-Ericsson you make ST-Ericsson a great place to work. I especially want to thank Kent Olsson, Christian Bejram, Marco Cornero, Gran Roth, and Patrik berg for believing in me, supporting me, and coaching me.

I want to thank my family for their support and understanding while writing this book. Most of all, I want to say thanks to my wonderful wife Jessica, whom I love very much. Thanks for everything, Jessica!