WebGL Walker

WebGL is a new standard becoming available to display fast 3D graphics in a browser by exposing a simplified OpenGL interface to Javascript. This new technology is allowing us to make even more interesting demonstrations of our data. In this case, we have created a 3D version of our regular walker complete with an option to enable a full skeleton.

To view this demo you require a browser which supports WebGL and a supported graphics card. Recent versions of both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome support WebGL, though only for certain systems and graphics cards.

If it does not work by default in Firefox you may be required to enter 'about:config' into your browser address bar, and then scroll down to near the end where it says 'webgl.force-enabled'. If it says 'false' in the 'value' column, double click it to turn it to 'true'. In many cases this will allow the browser to view the animation.

Once you're running a WebGL-enabled browser, you can...

Click HERE to view the WebGL walker.

With this demo we are showing here that the point-light walkers generated by tools such as BMLrating can also be expanded into fully animated bodies with all the degrees of freedom required for more realistic renderings of computer graphic characters.

For more information on the walker itself, please see our walker page.