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WebGL

WebGL is a browser graphics API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D scenes through a GPU-accelerated drawing context attached to an HTML canvas.

WHAT IT DOES / 01

THE GPU,
INSIDE A CANVAS.

It exposes programmable graphics stages, buffers, textures and draw commands to web applications without requiring a native installation.

KEY CONCEPTS / 02

THE CORE
IDEAS.

  1. 01

    DRAWING CONTEXT

    Connect GPU rendering commands to a canvas element in the browser document.

  2. 02

    SHADERS

    Run small programs on the GPU to transform geometry and calculate pixel output.

  3. 03

    BUFFERS & TEXTURES

    Upload vertex data, images and parameters for efficient rendering.

KEEP EXPLORING / 03

OFFICIAL
RESOURCES.

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