Setting the Scene

Abstract

In this chapter we will go through all the steps of creating a scene rendered with WebGL. We will show you how to

• obtain a WebGL context

• create different primitive types in WebGL

• understand and create vertex buffer objects (VBOs) and attributes

• do static two-dimensional rendering

• create a program and shaders

• set up the view matrices

• add animation and movement

• render a three-dimensional model