You may wonder that why web developers are complicating things for themselves? It is a 3D world and trust me people would not turn down without appreciating such things. Probably, I think most of them wouldn’t have heard about the word 3D with a web, but they should from now on.
I would like to play around with this issue a bit more because I know people at least would have heard about the things like virtual events. If yes, then think you have something similar in your hands.
3D Web Apps: An Introduction to Whitestorm.js
The joy of having a web framework / web application framework, well, only a seasoned web developer would know. Likewise, if there is some notion of developing a 3D web application then one can pick Whitestorm.js, an open source framework to build one.
Based on Three.js technology, the Whitestorm.js framework is used for designing 3D web applications.
A cross-browser JavaScript API/library, Three.js uses WebGL and thus avoiding the dependency on browser plugins. Conventionally speaking, the three.js enables to choose between canvas render and WebGL render.
WebGL, a JavaScript API is largely supported in modern browsers. This API allows rendering of 3D graphics without any reliance on plugins. Short for web graphics library, this API is largely accepted as a 3D graphics standard.
Key Features of Whitestorm.js Framework
A 3D JavaScript engine, WhitestormJS with the following key attributes is making things easier for the developers.
- ES6 Classes
- Written in ES6, the Whitestorm.js framework allows making the complete use of ECMAScript 6 & ECMAScript 7 (beta) features.
- The features of this language actuate by default and allow the developers to extensively make use of classes. And once the design is completed, the code can be compiled in Babel (Babel is a JavaScript compiler).
- Plugin System
- Plugins are basically used to extend the functionalities of a framework; here the Whitestorm.js supports numerous plugins and components, where each of them is to be implemented through certain instructions.
- Physi.js library
- If the three.js framework is offering a flexible user-interface then Physi.js library is to account for. Just say that this library is a physics engine for JavaScript. The whole concept of using this library is simple, if one wants to create a dynamic environment, for instance defining the shapes, the positions; well there is a lot more to go.
- Soft bodies
- Leaving ammo.js, WhitestormJS is the only framework that supports soft bodies, well, is this statement sufficient? No, I don’t think so, and then let me define the concept of Soft-body dynamics in few words.
- It is a field of computer graphics that centralizes its concept on the physical simulation of soft bodies (deformable objects).
- Designers use physics engines to obtain the approximate simulation of physical systems.
The 3D Impact on Web Applications
An immersive environment will be created, where the users will stay more focused on the products and services.
Finally, it all boils down to one question, why?
The answer always lies in the digital landscape that is surrounding us. It is the competition, which I feel is unacceptable, so the need to do better and outperform the competitors is what pushing our developers to meet such concepts.
