Question

I’ve got a good amount of experience with 2D rendering on <canvas>, however there is a project coming up where I need to have a 3D object rotating left along its centre (I believe z-axis). Luckily this is all I need to achieve. The page will run on iPads at an upcoming event.

I’m not experienced with any 3D software/libraries aside from minimal playing around with Papervision 3D in Flash.

I can pick things up pretty easily, so:

1. Are there any frameworks I can use to take care of the initial stuff?
2. Are there any open-source projects that include the code to do the above? If not, tutorials to do it are fine.
3. How do I create the 3D object? Is this the same as a BitmapMaterial in Papervision?

Answer 1

Threejs can be a good library to start with too.

Their “getting started” article is awesome.