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WebGL Virtual Globe

Interactive high-resolution virtual globe rendered in WebGL
PictureClick image for a live demo!
Features:
  • Virtual globe that rotates, giving day/night alternation
  • Mouse controlled camera rotation and zooming
  • Bump mapped terrain
  • Specular mapped ocean
  • Moving clouds with raytraced real-time shadow
  • Night time lights on the dark side of the globe
  • Rim lighting to simulate atmosphere
  • Spacebox

Developed as a WebGL experiement for course GPU programming, I was amazed by what WebGL can do in terms of the quality of graphics and the level of interactivity. I added a lot of features in addition to the basic texture mapped earth. It runs without a problem on both Firefox and Chrome.

Git repo: https://github.com/wuhao1117/WebGL-Experiments


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