On: 3D Real-time Unigine Crypt demo (WebGL)

[nine_k]

All I see is a slideshow of nicely rendered images. Yes, my browser is capable of WebGL.

[aroman → nine_k]

..did you run the demo? It actually generates those in WebGL not as still frames but as real, dynamic scenes which are panned through.

In fact, I was utterly blown away by how smooth (absolutely lag free and very fluid) yet detailed this demo was. Very impressive.

[xkcdfanboy → aroman]

I'm suspect about how there are no movement controls. It's all prescripted. There aren't any physics either. Not impressive.

[duaneb → xkcdfanboy]

I think this is quite impressive. As for the movement controls and physics, both introduce complexity completely unnecessary for a tech demo.

...you do realize this isn't a game, right?

[shadowmint → duaneb]

Nonsense.

There is nothing compelling about WebGL except that it is interactive.

If I wanted a non-interactive scene that repeats, I could do it in anything and upload it as a video on youtube.

Dynamic interactive 3d is the exciting thing about webGL and it is the the thing missing from this demo, so I too, am disappoint.

[drivebyacct2 → xkcdfanboy]

Since you're so unimpressed. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/demos/detail/bananabread

[fletchowns → nine_k]

Maybe click the big LAUNCH DEMO button?

[apaprocki → fletchowns]

Just pointing out on an Air, the 'Launch Demo' is completely below the fold and you don't even realize there is more to the page. Yay for UX :)

[havok → apaprocki]

I don't get it. How have 90% of start up websites not conditioned you to scroll below the fold? Scrolling is more pervasive today in UX than it was 10 years ago. (See: Bootstrap)

[bd → nine_k]

Did you try it in Firefox? For me it gets stuck on "Loading..." in Chrome (Windows 7, Nvidia) but it runs fine in Firefox.

Edit: here are error messages from console:

  [STDOUT] Could not create canvas - TypeError: Cannot read property 'inspectContext' of undefined game-setup.js:11
  Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'viewport' of undefined allengine_no_native.js:89

Edit2: Mystery solved, apparently problems are caused by some clashes with WebGL Inspector Chrome extension. Demo works after disabling it.

[arcatek → bd]

No problem here with Chrome (Windows 8, Nvidia).

[azakai → nine_k]

Press "Launch Demo".