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What does it mean for a buffer to be "tightly packed"?
I keep running into this phrase when reading specs and tutorials, but I have no idea what "tightly packed" is supposed to mean. Is it simply the opposite of an interleaved buffer? I.e. all ...
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Replacing Vertex Attributes (glBufferData vs glBufferSubData)
I'm sending a large number of data to the vertex shader. I use glBufferData to generate my ...
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What is an OpenGL VAO in a nutshell?
Before I get downvoted. I am not asking how to use them, I know how to use them. I am trying to understand what they are. For example, an array is actually a contiguous section of memory, a linked ...
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Multiple buffers and calling glBufferSubData
In my project, for convenience I would like to use many buffers.
Many buffers in my case means 50-100 terrain patches represented by buffers with vertex coordinates, normals, indices and maybe color. ...
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How to encode/decode buffer data in glTF?
I'm playing around with base64 embedded data URI's and tried to analyze the buffer data of the gltf box sample model, as defined in this example here (line 76).
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Is it possible to create minimal glTF files with vertex and index buffers?
I am currently looking into glTF to use as a transfer format for my WebGL project. I already have the geometries I wish to render on my WebGL client available as preprocessed vertex and index buffers (...
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Are there any gltf example datasets available? [closed]
I'm currently researching my options on effeciently exchanging data for a webgl application. I understand the gltf format is still being drafted but I need some example data to understand whether this ...
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