Technologies: React, TypeScript, 3D graphics, Web Workers, Canvas
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Waning: a web-based 3D experiment
An experiment combining a React interface with a browser-based 3D scene.
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Waning: React and browser graphics
A proof of concept combining React interfaces with a 3D scene rendered in a separate browser thread.
- Period
- 2020 demonstrations
- Role
- Prototype developer
- State
- Experiment
Rendering experiment
Waning explored the feasibility of a web-based 3D environment for game development. Its central question was how a React interface could coexist with a canvas rendered on a separate thread. The paired demonstrations compare main-thread and worker rendering.
Demonstrations
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Waning: rendering on the main thread
One side of the browser-rendering experiment, using the main thread.
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Waning: rendering in a worker
The companion experiment moving rendering work away from the main browser thread.