当前的WebGL版本是1.0，其实际上是个OpenGL ES 2.0的Javascript绑定，也就是可以用Javascript来调用OpenGL ES 2.0的函数，在网页中实现3D渲染。WebGL是桌面、移动、嵌入式平台通吃，只要支持OpenGL ES 2.0的平台就可以用WebGL。使用了WebGL的Web游戏等程序可以做到和本地桌面程序一样的绚烂。
目前支持WebGL的浏览器有Firefox 4.0 Beta、Chrome 9.0、Opera预览版、Safari每日构建版，NV和AMD的驱动都已经支持桌面的OpenGL ES 2.0，所以也就等于支持了WebGL。
这个例子主要是用于测试不同浏览器对WebGL的支持情况，它来自于这里：http://www.klayge.org/html/webgl_test.html 通过这个例子可以了解一个最简单的WebGL程序是如何写成的！另外，可通过这个网页WebGLReport来查看浏览器对WebGL的支持情况。
<html>
<head>
<title>WebGL test</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<script id="shader-vs" type="x-shader/x-vertex">
attribute vec3 position;
uniform mat4 mv;
uniform mat4 proj;
void main()
{
gl_Position = proj * mv * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
</script>
<script id="shader-fs" type="x-shader/x-fragment">
void main()
{
gl_FragColor = vec4(0.8, 0.8, 0.0, 1.0);
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Initialises WebGL and creates the 3D scene.
function loadScene()
{
var canvas = document.getElementById("webGLCanvas");
if (!canvas.getContext)
{
alert("There's no canvas available.");
return;
}
var gl = canvas.getContext("experimental-webgl");
if (!gl)
{
alert("There's no WebGL context available.");
return;
}
var vendor_info = document.getElementById("vendor_info");
var renderer_info = document.getElementById("renderer_info");
var version_info = document.getElementById("version_info");
var ext_info = document.getElementById("ext_info");
vendor_info.innerHTML = gl.getParameter(gl.VENDOR);
renderer_info.innerHTML = gl.getParameter(gl.RENDERER);
version_info.innerHTML = gl.getParameter(gl.VERSION);
var exts = gl.getSupportedExtensions();
var s = "";
for (index in exts)
{
s += exts[index] + "<br />";
}
ext_info.innerHTML = s;
gl.viewport(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
var vertexShaderScript = document.getElementById("shader-vs");
var vertexShader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
gl.shaderSource(vertexShader, vertexShaderScript.text);
gl.compileShader(vertexShader);
if (!gl.getShaderParameter(vertexShader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS))
{
alert("Unable to compile the vertex shader");
gl.deleteShader(vertexShader);
return;
}
var fragmentShaderScript = document.getElementById("shader-fs");
var fragmentShader = gl.createShader(gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER);
gl.shaderSource(fragmentShader, fragmentShaderScript.text);
gl.compileShader(fragmentShader);
if (!gl.getShaderParameter(fragmentShader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS))
{
alert("Unable to compile the fragment shader");
gl.deleteShader(fragmentShader);
return;
}
gl.program = gl.createProgram();
gl.attachShader(gl.program, vertexShader);
gl.attachShader(gl.program, fragmentShader);
gl.linkProgram(gl.program);
if (!gl.getProgramParameter(gl.program, gl.LINK_STATUS))
{
alert("Unable to link shaders");
gl.deleteProgram(gl.program);
gl.deleteProgram(vertexShader);
gl.deleteProgram(fragmentShader);
return;
}
gl.clearColor(0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 1.0);
gl.clearDepth(1.0);
gl.enable(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
gl.depthFunc(gl.LEQUAL);
var vertexBuffer = gl.createBuffer();
gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexBuffer);
var vertices = new Float32Array([
0.0, 1.0, 1.0,
-1.0, -1.0, 1.0,
1.0, -1.0, 1.0
]);
gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, vertices, gl.STATIC_DRAW);
gl.useProgram(gl.program);
var vertexPosition = gl.getAttribLocation(gl.program, "position");
gl.enableVertexAttribArray(vertexPosition);
gl.vertexAttribPointer(vertexPosition, 3, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
var fov = 90.0;
var aspect = canvas.width / canvas.height;
var nearPlane = 1.0;
var farPlane = 100.0;
var top = nearPlane * Math.tan(fov / 2 * Math.PI / 180);
var bottom = -top;
var right = top * aspect;
var left = -right;
var a = (right + left) / (right - left);
var b = (top + bottom) / (top - bottom);
var c = (farPlane + nearPlane) / (farPlane - nearPlane);
var d = (2 * farPlane * nearPlane) / (farPlane - nearPlane);
var x = (2 * nearPlane) / (right - left);
var y = (2 * nearPlane) / (top - bottom);
var perspectiveMatrix = new Float32Array([
x, 0, a, 0,
0, y, b, 0,
0, 0, c, d,
0, 0, -1, 0
]);
var modelViewMatrix = new Float32Array([
1, 0, 0, 0,
0, 1, 0, 0,
0, 0, 1, 0,
0, 0, 0, 1
]);
gl.uniformMatrix4fv(gl.getUniformLocation(gl.program, "proj"), false, perspectiveMatrix);
gl.uniformMatrix4fv(gl.getUniformLocation(gl.program, "mv"), false, modelViewMatrix);
gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, vertices.length / 3);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadScene()">
<h1>WebGL Test</h1>
<h3>Vendor</h3>
<p id="vendor_info"></p>
<h3>Renderer</h3>
<p id="renderer_info"></p>
<h3>Version</h3>
<p id="version_info"></p>
<h3>Extensions</h3>
<p id="ext_info"></p>
<h3>Rendering</h3>
<canvas id="webGLCanvas" width="640" height="480"></canvas>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16460301-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>