Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Displaying 3d objects on Bing Maps (using Three.js)

On my previous post I've made a couple of experiments on displaying 2d content on top of Bing Maps using Pixi. Performance was top-notch, particularly if the browser supported WebGL (fallbacking to Canvas otherwise).

This time I'm trying to take the WebGL experiment even further by adding 3d content on top of a map. For that I'm going to use the most popular WebGL 3D lib out there: Three.js

Let me start by showing the end-result.


I've placed some boxes on top of a map. Although the map by itself is 2D the boxes are rendered in 3D using WebGL. Thus, as further away from the screen center (the vanishing point) the more pronounced the depth effect will be.