encom-globe

🌎 WebGL globe based on the boardroom scene from Tron: Legacy

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🌎 WebGL globe based on the boardroom scene from Tron: Legacy

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emilioolivares·Aug 6, 2017

What, the .js file for the globe itself is 43 thousand lines of code. Was this a weekend project? How do you find the time? Very well done my friend. (https://github.com/arscan/encom-globe/blob/master/build/enco...)

In HTML5 Version of the Tron:Legacy Boardroom Scene

arscan·Aug 6, 2017

All hand built, including the globe. I split that out into it's own library over at https://github.com/arscan/encom-globe * edit: I did leverage quite a few great libraries, namely three.js... just none that are charting specific

In HTML5 Version of the Tron:Legacy Boardroom Scene

arscan·Aug 6, 2017

Glad to see some people are getting a kick out of this. I built it a few years back while learning webgl, css3, node.js, redis, and modern (at the time) js tooling. Source over at https://github.com/arscan/encom-boardroom I didn't build this with any real practical application in mind at the time. But some people have reused components in their own projects over the years, particularly the globe (https://github.com/arscan/encom-globe).

In HTML5 Version of the Tron:Legacy Boardroom Scene