WebGL and HTML5 audio fixes
A couple of updates and fixes to some of my earlier WebGL and HTML5 audio experiments which have stopped working since I first put them online.
First up is the musical solar system which went and got horribly broken due to changes in the WebGL spec. I published it when the WebGL implementations were still very much evolving and changes were happening almost faster than you adapt to them.Now with the spec having reached a more mature level, things have slowed down and the implementations are almost in agreement so browser-specific workarounds aren't so necessary. So anyway, after a few tweaks here and there, the planets should once again be dancing. Check it out.
Next up, Worlds of WebGL which had suffered pretty much the same fate. I'd already updated it once to accommodate some of the spec changes and now it should be fully working again.
However... In both WebGL projects, I had to reintroduce some code I had previously taken out because it was causing problems for some Mac users (iirc). So if you experience any problems with either experiment, please let me know. In particular, the affected parts would be the sun in the solar system and all the particles/planets in Worlds of WebGL.
Finally, my HTML5 audio project Pocket Full of HTML5 had lost its support of the new HTML5 audio data api, so it used the SoundManager2 fallback even when using a audio-data-enabled Firefox build. Again, the problem was due to changes in the API, which is still very early in its development, but fortunately the necessary changes were few and simple and Yury Delendik even provided me with a patch (thanks Yuri!). So check that out too.
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A couple of updates and fixes to some of my earlier WebGL and HTML5 audio experiments which have stopped working since I first put them online.First up is the musical solar system which went and got horribly broken due to changes in the WebGL spec. I published it when the WebGL implementations were still very much evolving and changes were happening almost faster than you adapt to them.Now with the spec having reached a more mature level, things have slowed down and the implementations are almost in agreement so browser-specific workarounds aren't so necessary. So anyway, after a few tweaks here and there, the planets should once again be dancing. Check it out.
Next up, Worlds of WebGL which had suffered pretty much the same fate. I'd already updated it once to accommodate some of the spec changes and now it should be fully working again.
However... In both WebGL projects, I had to reintroduce some code I had previously taken out because it was causing problems for some Mac users (iirc). So if you experience any problems with either experiment, please let me know. In particular, the affected parts would be the sun in the solar system and all the particles/planets in Worlds of WebGL.
Finally, my HTML5 audio project Pocket Full of HTML5 had lost its support of the new HTML5 audio data api, so it used the SoundManager2 fallback even when using a audio-data-enabled Firefox build. Again, the problem was due to changes in the API, which is still very early in its development, but fortunately the necessary changes were few and simple and Yury Delendik even provided me with a patch (thanks Yuri!). So check that out too.
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Planet #1024 - my JS1K entry
So, the JS1K contest is closed for submissions. The goal was to create something cool in just 1024 bytes (or less) and there have been lots and lots of entries, some of them pretty damn cool. I just had time to submit something before the deadline - a planet generator featuring random zooming, rotating planets, complete with cloud system, shading, atmospheric glow and a star filled background. Check it out here.
Should work in current versions of Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari.
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So, the JS1K contest is closed for submissions. The goal was to create something cool in just 1024 bytes (or less) and there have been lots and lots of entries, some of them pretty damn cool. I just had time to submit something before the deadline - a planet generator featuring random zooming, rotating planets, complete with cloud system, shading, atmospheric glow and a star filled background. Check it out here.
Should work in current versions of Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari.
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