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Alverto Ortega-Garcia
Alverto Ortega-Garcia

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WebGL's Animation loop, gaming on browsers - One Byte Explainer

This is a submission for the Web Game Challenge: One Byte Explainer

Explainer

WebGL's animation loop concept powers browser games, creating smooth motion by rapidly rendering frames. Imagine flipping through pages of an illustrated book quickly, creating a fluid sequence of images as animated. This is the magic behind animations.

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  • I remember creating little booklets as a kid, filling the pages with images and symbols. When I flipped through them quickly, the pictures seemed to come alive, just like a simple animation. This is similar to how objects appear to move on a screen: images are refreshed rapidly, creating the illusion of motion..

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