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High-level libraries such as Three.js, [[Babylon.js]], [[Verge3D]] and many more make it possible to author complex 3D computer animations for display in the browser without the effort required for a traditional standalone application or a plugin.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crossley|first=Rob|title=Study: Average dev costs as high as $28m|url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/33625/Study-Average-dev-cost-as-high-as-28m|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113144801/http://www.develop-online.net/news/33625/Study-Average-dev-cost-as-high-as-28m|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2010|publisher=Intent Media Ltd|accessdate=2 June 2012|date=11 January 2010}}</ref>

== History ==

Three.js was first released by Ricardo Cabello on GitHub in April 2010.<ref name="firstcommit" /> The origins of the library can be traced back to his involvement with the [[demoscene]] in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWYOF4VibE|author=NVScene|publisher=YouTube|title=NVScene 2015 Session: Reinventing The Wheel - One Last Time (Ricardo Cabello)|date=24 March 2015 }}</ref> The code was originally developed in the [[ActionScript]] language used by [[Adobe Flash]], later being ported to JavaScript in 2009. In Cabello's mind, there were two strong points that justified the shift away from ActionScript: Firstly, JavaScript provided greater platform independence. Secondly, applications written in JavaScript would not need to be compiled by the developer beforehand, unlike Flash applications.

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* Interactive controls: built-in controls such as OrbitControls, DragControls, TransformControls, and PointerLockControls for user interaction and navigation<ref>{{cite web |url=https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/controls/OrbitControls |title=OrbitControls – three.js docs |website=threejs.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/controls/TransformControls |title=TransformControls – three.js docs |website=threejs.org}}</ref>

* Alternative renderers: in addition to WebGLRenderer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/renderers/WebGLRenderer |title=WebGLRenderer – three.js docs |website=threejs.org}}</ref>, Three.js also provides SVGRenderer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/renderers/SVGRenderer |title=SVGRenderer – three.js docs |website=threejs.org}}</ref> and CSS3DRenderer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/renderers/CSS3DRenderer |title=CSS3DRenderer – three.js docs |website=threejs.org}}</ref>, as well as experimental support for WebGPURenderer.

Three.js runs in all browsers with support for WebGL 1.0 or WebGL 2.0.

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