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tskuzzy

Reputation: 36456

JOGL Applets versus WebGL

Are there any significant technical differences between using JOGL in applets versus WebGL? I'd like to focus on two things in particular:

I'm developing a 3D web application and I'd like to know more about the technical capabilities of the two.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2231

Answers (1)

Stefan Haustein
Stefan Haustein

Reputation: 18793

I think the pure GL rendering speed will be similar, in particular if you do a lot of work in a small amount of calls. For other code, Java tends to be roughly 5-10x faster than Javascript: http://blog.j15r.com/2011/12/for-those-unfamiliar-with-it-box2d-is.html

There are other differences:

  • JOGL requires that you can run applets / signed webstart (I am not sure whether this is still enabled by default on most browsers)
  • WebGL requires a WebGL enabled browser (modern Chrome, Safari or Firefox, does not work on IE)....
  • WebGL is based on GL ES 2.0, i.e. there is no support for the GL fixed function pipeline. This means you'll need to implement your own shaders or use a library such as three.js

Upvotes: 3

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