Comments on Virtual Globe and Terrain Rendering: WebGL in Internet Explorer

Right. I'm pretty sure that is how it works a...

2011-10-31T10:26:23.527-04:00

Right. I'm pretty sure that is how it works as well.

Huh. From reading the site I gathered it was write...

2011-10-31T10:22:53.481-04:00

Huh. From reading the site I gathered it was write once, then compile to flash or webgl.

Which does not seem an unreasonable approach for standalone apps.

If you're going to want to integrate with a site, seems to me that any plugin - flash, silverlight, java - is a poor choice.

The Flash demos worked nicely for me. I believe t...

2011-10-25T21:24:59.485-04:00

The Flash demos worked nicely for me. I believe this is separate WebGL and Flash engines, not WebGL implemented on top of Flash.

http://www.ambiera.com/copperlicht/demos.html The...

2011-10-25T16:37:23.240-04:00

http://www.ambiera.com/copperlicht/demos.html

They did, apparently...

Flash demos did not work for me, although the webgl ones did.

Presumably some detector could choose the appropriate tech as needed.

I guess the disadvantage of all plugin based approaches
(flash, java) is that the webgl canvas is not integrated
into the page/DOM. For some webgl uses, that could be problematic.

Interesting point about Flash. I'm curious to...

2011-10-23T09:43:28.117-04:00

Interesting point about Flash. I'm curious to see if anyone takes that approach.

I would think now that Flash 11 has OpenGL ES 2 co...

2011-10-23T08:23:30.161-04:00

I would think now that Flash 11 has OpenGL ES 2 compatible 3D and quickly achieves >90% penetration, a Flash version or shim would be the best option.

Chrome Frame doesn't require admin privleges s...

2011-10-22T18:48:32.320-04:00

Chrome Frame doesn't require admin privleges since June: http://blog.chromium.org/2011/06/introducing-non-admin-chrome-frame.html