WebGL and Visual Design Research

by Geoffrey Datema

Visual Design Research

I spent some time this sprint creating Processing sketches to begin to explore some of the different particle effects that can be achieved. This process was useful in helping me determine visual design direction.

WebGL Application Setup

As WebGL is new to me, I spent time this sprint learning how to set up a functional WebGL application. When our web hosting is set up, I'll be ready to go with quickly setting up a robust WebGL application within which to build our design creation interface.

Web Application UI

As discussed with Laith who will also be working on UI development, we have opted to use a static HTML UI for now. Later on, if research proves that a different method is better (constructing the HTML pages on pageload with JavaScript), we may which to a different UI creation method. For now though, we know that the fastest way to get our web application up and running is by using static HTML.