3D in web - Introduction to Three.jsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

In the course both the basics of Javascript and Three.js are introduced and discussed starting from very basics.
Teaching method is teacher supported reading and modifying the example codes as well as developing own algorithms to generate 3D scenes.

Content

Three.js is a Javascript library, which enables on to develop 3D web pages programmatically/textually.
No 3D graphical editor is used (although models from ex. Blender can be imported)
Hardware (GPU) acceleration is supported and so the results can be stunning (see http://threejs.org/examples /).

Qualifications

Previous programming knowledge is not necessary.