Libraries and Engines

Raw WebGL is the layer everything else stands on. This section climbs the layers above it: helpers, 2D and 3D renderers, map and data engines, and game engines that export whole projects. Libraries with a CDN build ran here in headless Chrome 154 1 on the GTX 1650, each drawing BookNest; editor-based engines are described from their documentation.

Subsections

• Why a Library
• PixiJS
• regl
• twgl.js
• OGL, a Minimal WebGL 2 Engine
• luma.gl and deck.gl
• Cesium
• MapLibre GL for Vector Maps
• Exporting from Unity to WebGL
• Godot and PlayCanvas
• Sketchfab
• Library Comparison
• Three.js or Babylon.js