CHAPTER 4

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Beginning 3D

Before we start creating the media player, I would like to spend a chapter going through 3D from basic shapes to visualizations. In the upcoming chapters we will be creating music visualizations as part of the media player but you should feel comfortable with all kinds of usages of 3D, especially data visualizations. To begin with let’s take a look at 3D graphics in general, before moving on to using a library called Three.js. Much of the basics will be familiar to you, but I would like to start from the beginning to make sure I cover it fully.

Basics of 3D

As you know, a 3D world (much like our own) consists of three dimensions: ...

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