LOW-LEVEL 3D GRAPHICS API BASED ON OPENGL ES

WebGL™ is a cross-platform, royalty-free open web standard for a low-level 3D graphics API based on OpenGL ES, exposed to ECMAScript via the HTML5 Canvas element. Developers familiar with OpenGL ES 2.0 will recognize WebGL as a Shader-based API using GLSL, with constructs that are semantically similar to those of the underlying OpenGL ES API. It stays very close to the OpenGL ES specification, with some concessions made for what developers expect out of memory-managed languages such as JavaScript. WebGL 1.0 exposes the OpenGL ES 2.0 feature set; WebGL 2.0 exposes the OpenGL ES 3.0 API.

WebGL brings plugin-free 3D to the web, implemented right into the browser. Major browser vendors Apple (Safari), Google (Chrome), Microsoft (Edge), and Mozilla (Firefox) are members of the WebGL Working Group.

• WebGL 1.0 Specification
• WebGL 2.0 Specification
• Github repository
• WebGL Public Wiki
• WebGL Public Mailing List (spec discussion)
  • WebGL Public Mailing List Search
  • WebGL Public Mailing List Archives

• WebGL Reference Card
• Filing bugs about the WebGL spec or conformance tests
• WebGL Security white paper
• Resources
• Adopters

User Contributions

List of carefully curated WebGL links:

• Frameworks
• Utilities and Debug Helpers
• Tutorials, Technical Whitepapers and How to Guides
• Presentations & Videos
• Examples

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There are several ways to follow the latest developments, get questions answered and make suggestions for improvement. You'll find OpenGL community discussions on several forums and social media platforms below. It's a great way to get involved!

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