Assignment 9

Due 11/27

glTF

Graphics Layer Transmission Format

glTF can be:

JSON - based (.gtlf)

JSON - based (.gtlf) + external binary data (.bin)

only binary (.glb)

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

{
    "meshes": [
        {
            "primitives": [
                 "mode": 4,
                 "attributes": {
                     "POSITION": 0
                 },
                 "indices": 1
            ]
        }
    ],
    "nodes": [
        {
            "mesh": 0
        }
    ],
    "scenes": [
        {
            "nodes": [
                0
            ]
        }
    ],
    "scene": 0
}
{
    "meshes": [
        {
            "primitives": [
                 "mode": 4,
                 "attributes": {
                     "POSITION": 0
                 },
                 "indices": 1
            ]
        }
    ],
    "nodes": [
        {
            "mesh": 0
        }
    ],
    "scenes": [
        {
            "nodes": [
                0
            ]
        }
    ],
    "scene": 0
}

Triangles

Accessors

{
    // ...
    "meshes": [
        {
            "primitives": [
                 "mode": 4,
                 "attributes": {
                     "POSITION": 0
                 },
                 "indices": 1
            ]
        }
    ],
    "nodes": [
        {
            "mesh": 0
        }
    ],
    "scenes": [
        {
            "nodes": [
                0
            ]
        }
    ],
    "scene": 0
}
{
    "accessors": [
        {
          
        },
        {
          
        }
    ], 
  
  
   // ...
}
{
    // ...
    "meshes": [
        {
            "primitives": [
                 "mode": 4,
                 "attributes": {
                     "POSITION": 0
                 },
                 "indices": 1
            ]
        }
    ],
    "nodes": [
        {
            "mesh": 0
        }
    ],
    "scenes": [
        {
            "nodes": [
                0
            ]
        }
    ],
    "scene": 0
}
{
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        },
        {
            "bufferView": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5123,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "max": [MAX],
            "min": [MIN]
        }
    ], 
  
  
   // ...
}

Vertices

Indices

Float

U_Short

U_Int

{
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        },
        {
            "bufferView": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5123,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "max": [MAX],
            "min": [MIN]
        }
    ], 
  
  
   // ...
}

Vertices

Indices

{
    // ...
  
    "bufferViews": [
        {
           
        },
        {
          
        }
    ],
    "buffers": [
        {
          
        },
        {
          
        }
    ]
  
   // ...
}
{
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        },
        {
            "bufferView": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5123,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "max": [MAX],
            "min": [MIN]
        }
    ], 
  
  
   // ...
}

Vertices

Indices

{
    // ...
  
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
        {
            "buffer": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34963
        }
    ],
    "buffers": [
        {
          
        },
        {
          
        }
    ]
  
   // ...
}

ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER

ARRAY_BUFFER

{
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        },
        {
            "bufferView": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5123,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "max": [MAX],
            "min": [MIN]
        }
    ], 
  
  
   // ...
}

Vertices

{
    // ...
  
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
        {
            "buffer": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34963
        }
    ],
    "buffers": [
        {
            "uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64, ....",
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES
        },
        {
            "uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64, ....",
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES
        }
    ]
  
   // ...
}

ARRAY_BUFFER

ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER

Indices

Indices Data

Vertices Data

[0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0., 1.,0.,0.]

Base64

Encode bytes as string

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA"

"buffers": [

  {

    "uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD
                                                                                               8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA
"

  }

]

Base64

Decode strings to bytes

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA"
[0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0., 1.,0.,0.]
    // ...
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
   // ...
    // ...
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        }
      // ...

Base64

Decode strings to bytes

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA"
[0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0., 1.,0.,0.]
    // ...
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
   // ...
    // ...
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": 3,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        }
      // ...

Base64

Decode strings to bytes

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA"
[0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0., 1.,0.,0.]
    // ...
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
   // ...
    // ...
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": 3,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [1., 1., 0.],
            "min": [0., 0., 0.]
        }
      // ...

FLOAT

4 bytes, 4 bytes, 4 bytes, .....

32 bit

Base64

Decode strings to bytes

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgD8AAAAAAACAPwAAAAAAAAAA"
[0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0., 1.,0.,0.]
    // ...
    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": 36,
            "target": 34962
        },
   // ...
    // ...
    "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": 3,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [1., 1., 0.],
            "min": [0., 0., 0.]
        }
      // ...
{
  "accessors": [
        {
            "bufferView": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5126,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "VEC3",
            "max": [MAX_X, MAX_Y, MAX_Z],
            "min": [MIN_X, MIN_Y, MIN_Z]
        },
        {
            "bufferView": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "componentType": 5123,
            "count": HOWMANY,
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "max": [MAX],
            "min": [MIN]
        }
    ], 

    "bufferViews": [
        {
            "buffer": 0,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34962
        },
        {
            "buffer": 1,
            "byteOffset": 0,
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES,
            "target": 34963
        }
    ],
    
    "buffers": [
        {
            "uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64, ....",
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES
        },
        {
            "uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64, ....",
            "byteLength": HOWMANYBYTES
        }
    ],
  
    "meshes": [
        {
            "primitives": [{
                 "mode": 4,
                 "attributes": {
                     "POSITION": 0
                 },
                 "indices": 1
            }]
        }
    ],

    "nodes": [
        {
            "mesh": 0
        }
    ],

    "scenes": [
        {
            "nodes": [
                0
            ]
        }
    ],

    "scene": 0
}