Josh MarinacciJingle Smash, a WebVR PuzzlerFor the past few years I’ve made some sort of a game or digital creation to share with the world at Christmas. So of course this year I…2 min read·Dec 18, 2018----
Josh MarinacciLow Poly style Terrain GenerationOne of the magical things about using 3D on the web is that we have the rest of the browser APIs available to us. This includes 2D canvas…6 min read·Nov 14, 2018----
Josh MarinacciProcedural Geometry: Low Poly CloudsClouds are similar to the procedural trees that we created last time. The difference is that we can’t just add some cloud shaped objects…3 min read·Nov 8, 2018----
Josh MarinacciProcedural Geometry: TreesI’m not a 3d artist. I don’t know how to use Blender or Maya. Instead I create 3D shapes with code. Making geometry from scratch is fairly…4 min read·Nov 6, 2018----
Josh MarinacciWater Ripples with Vertex ShadersWebGL, and therefore ThreeJS supports vertex shaders. And they are awesome. Why? Because they can do things on the GPU that would be…4 min read·Oct 31, 2018----
Josh MarinacciinAR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality MagazinePerformance Tuning Monster ZooWhen my game, Monster Zoo, was first feature complete it ran at a rock solid 60fps on my desktop, but on my Oculus Go standalone headset…7 min read·Oct 29, 2018----
Josh MarinacciMonster Zoo: A Silly WebVR Game for HalloweenIf you have followed my series lately you know that I’ve been messing around with shaders, GLTF models, transforms, and other parts of…2 min read·Oct 29, 2018----
Josh MarinacciCustomizing Vertex shadersAs a graphics programmer when you first hear about shaders they seem magical. Write tiny bits of code in this weird language and they make…5 min read·Oct 26, 2018--5--5
Josh MarinacciThreeJS Intermediate Skill TutorialsThreeJS is probably the most used 3D Javascript library on the web and it’s pretty easy to get started with. However, I found there is…2 min read·Oct 24, 2018--1--1
Josh MarinacciCartoon Outline EffectIn my 3D games and designs I often go for a cute low-poly cartoonish style. I have long wanted to give my models an actual cartoon-like…4 min read·Oct 24, 2018--4--4