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WebGL - Interactive Cube
WebGL - Interactive Cube
In this chapter, we will take an example to demonstrate how to draw a 3D cube that can be rotated using mouse controls.
Example – Draw an Interactive Cube
The following program shows how to rotate a cube using mouse controls −
<!doctype html> <html> <body> <canvas width = "570" height = "570" id = "my_Canvas"></canvas> <script> /*============= Creating a canvas ======================*/ var canvas = document.getElementById( my_Canvas ); gl = canvas.getContext( experimental-webgl ); /*========== Defining and storing the geometry ==========*/ var vertices = [ -1,-1,-1, 1,-1,-1, 1, 1,-1, -1, 1,-1, -1,-1, 1, 1,-1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1,-1,-1, -1, 1,-1, -1, 1, 1, -1,-1, 1, 1,-1,-1, 1, 1,-1, 1, 1, 1, 1,-1, 1, -1,-1,-1, -1,-1, 1, 1,-1, 1, 1,-1,-1, -1, 1,-1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,-1, ]; var colors = [ 5,3,7, 5,3,7, 5,3,7, 5,3,7, 1,1,3, 1,1,3, 1,1,3, 1,1,3, 0,0,1, 0,0,1, 0,0,1, 0,0,1, 1,0,0, 1,0,0, 1,0,0, 1,0,0, 1,1,0, 1,1,0, 1,1,0, 1,1,0, 0,1,0, 0,1,0, 0,1,0, 0,1,0 ]; var indices = [ 0,1,2, 0,2,3, 4,5,6, 4,6,7, 8,9,10, 8,10,11, 12,13,14, 12,14,15, 16,17,18, 16,18,19, 20,21,22, 20,22,23 ]; // Create and store data into vertex buffer var vertex_buffer = gl.createBuffer (); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, vertex_buffer); gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, new Float32Array(vertices), gl.STATIC_DRAW); // Create and store data into color buffer var color_buffer = gl.createBuffer (); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, color_buffer); gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, new Float32Array(colors), gl.STATIC_DRAW); // Create and store data into index buffer var index_buffer = gl.createBuffer (); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, index_buffer); gl.bufferData(gl.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, new Uint16Array(indices), gl.STATIC_DRAW); /*=================== SHADERS =================== */ var vertCode = attribute vec3 position; + uniform mat4 Pmatrix; + uniform mat4 Vmatrix; + uniform mat4 Mmatrix; + attribute vec3 color; +//the color of the point varying vec3 vColor; + void main(void) { +//pre-built function gl_Position = Pmatrix*Vmatrix*Mmatrix*vec4(position, 1.); + vColor = color; + } ; var fragCode = precision mediump float; + varying vec3 vColor; + void main(void) { + gl_FragColor = vec4(vColor, 1.); + } ; var vertShader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER); gl.shaderSource(vertShader, vertCode); gl.compileShader(vertShader); var fragShader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER); gl.shaderSource(fragShader, fragCode); gl.compileShader(fragShader); var shaderprogram = gl.createProgram(); gl.attachShader(shaderprogram, vertShader); gl.attachShader(shaderprogram, fragShader); gl.pnkProgram(shaderprogram); /*======== Associating attributes to vertex shader =====*/ var _Pmatrix = gl.getUniformLocation(shaderprogram, "Pmatrix"); var _Vmatrix = gl.getUniformLocation(shaderprogram, "Vmatrix"); var _Mmatrix = gl.getUniformLocation(shaderprogram, "Mmatrix"); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, vertex_buffer); var _position = gl.getAttribLocation(shaderprogram, "position"); gl.vertexAttribPointer(_position, 3, gl.FLOAT, false,0,0); gl.enableVertexAttribArray(_position); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, color_buffer); var _color = gl.getAttribLocation(shaderprogram, "color"); gl.vertexAttribPointer(_color, 3, gl.FLOAT, false,0,0) ; gl.enableVertexAttribArray(_color); gl.useProgram(shaderprogram); /*==================== MATRIX ====================== */ function get_projection(angle, a, zMin, zMax) { var ang = Math.tan((angle*.5)*Math.PI/180);//angle*.5 return [ 0.5/ang, 0 , 0, 0, 0, 0.5*a/ang, 0, 0, 0, 0, -(zMax+zMin)/(zMax-zMin), -1, 0, 0, (-2*zMax*zMin)/(zMax-zMin), 0 ]; } var proj_matrix = get_projection(40, canvas.width/canvas.height, 1, 100); var mo_matrix = [ 1,0,0,0, 0,1,0,0, 0,0,1,0, 0,0,0,1 ]; var view_matrix = [ 1,0,0,0, 0,1,0,0, 0,0,1,0, 0,0,0,1 ]; view_matrix[14] = view_matrix[14]-6; /*================= Mouse events ======================*/ var AMORTIZATION = 0.95; var drag = false; var old_x, old_y; var dX = 0, dY = 0; var mouseDown = function(e) { drag = true; old_x = e.pageX, old_y = e.pageY; e.preventDefault(); return false; }; var mouseUp = function(e){ drag = false; }; var mouseMove = function(e) { if (!drag) return false; dX = (e.pageX-old_x)*2*Math.PI/canvas.width, dY = (e.pageY-old_y)*2*Math.PI/canvas.height; THETA+= dX; PHI+=dY; old_x = e.pageX, old_y = e.pageY; e.preventDefault(); }; canvas.addEventListener("mousedown", mouseDown, false); canvas.addEventListener("mouseup", mouseUp, false); canvas.addEventListener("mouseout", mouseUp, false); canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", mouseMove, false); /*=========================rotation================*/ function rotateX(m, angle) { var c = Math.cos(angle); var s = Math.sin(angle); var mv1 = m[1], mv5 = m[5], mv9 = m[9]; m[1] = m[1]*c-m[2]*s; m[5] = m[5]*c-m[6]*s; m[9] = m[9]*c-m[10]*s; m[2] = m[2]*c+mv1*s; m[6] = m[6]*c+mv5*s; m[10] = m[10]*c+mv9*s; } function rotateY(m, angle) { var c = Math.cos(angle); var s = Math.sin(angle); var mv0 = m[0], mv4 = m[4], mv8 = m[8]; m[0] = c*m[0]+s*m[2]; m[4] = c*m[4]+s*m[6]; m[8] = c*m[8]+s*m[10]; m[2] = c*m[2]-s*mv0; m[6] = c*m[6]-s*mv4; m[10] = c*m[10]-s*mv8; } /*=================== Drawing =================== */ var THETA = 0, PHI = 0; var time_old = 0; var animate = function(time) { var dt = time-time_old; if (!drag) { dX *= AMORTIZATION, dY*=AMORTIZATION; THETA+=dX, PHI+=dY; } //set model matrix to I4 mo_matrix[0] = 1, mo_matrix[1] = 0, mo_matrix[2] = 0, mo_matrix[3] = 0, mo_matrix[4] = 0, mo_matrix[5] = 1, mo_matrix[6] = 0, mo_matrix[7] = 0, mo_matrix[8] = 0, mo_matrix[9] = 0, mo_matrix[10] = 1, mo_matrix[11] = 0, mo_matrix[12] = 0, mo_matrix[13] = 0, mo_matrix[14] = 0, mo_matrix[15] = 1; rotateY(mo_matrix, THETA); rotateX(mo_matrix, PHI); time_old = time; gl.enable(gl.DEPTH_TEST); // gl.depthFunc(gl.LEQUAL); gl.clearColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.9); gl.clearDepth(1.0); gl.viewport(0.0, 0.0, canvas.width, canvas.height); gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(_Pmatrix, false, proj_matrix); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(_Vmatrix, false, view_matrix); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(_Mmatrix, false, mo_matrix); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, index_buffer); gl.drawElements(gl.TRIANGLES, indices.length, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0); window.requestAnimationFrame(animate); } animate(0); </script> </body> </html>
If you run this example, it will produce the following output −
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