Away3D: Changing the script: Away3D coding with Typescript and WebGL (DevGAMM Kyiv 2013)
5"Changing the script: Away3D coding with Typescript and WebGL"
Rob Bateman -- is an internationally renowned web developer and community leader who specializes in content for the Flash Platform, and has always held a particular fascination with 3D on the web. In 2007 he co-founded Away3D engine and has been leading development for the last four years.
As the native web standard WebGL matures, more people are looking to native web tools for creating accelerated 3D content in the browser. Away3D.ts is a new library from The Away Foundation that ports the existing AS3-based resource to a Typescript / Javascript codebase with WebGL bindings. In this presentation, we explore some of the capabilities of this new library, as well as the reach of the current WebGL standard and the future prospects for cross-platform 3D games and applications in an increasingly distributed marketplace