''PlayCanvas'' is an

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3D game engine/interactive 3D application engine alongside a proprietary cloud-hosted creation platform that allows for simultaneous editing from multiple computers via a browser-based interface. It runs in modern browsers that support

WebGL WebGL (short for Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript Application programming interface, API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-in (computing), plug-ins. WebGL is fully integra ...

, including

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and

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. The engine is capable of rigid-body physics simulation, handling three-dimensional audio and 3D animations. PlayCanvas has gained the support of ARM, Activision and Mozilla. The PlayCanvas engine was open-sourced on June 4, 2014. In April 2019, BusinessInsider.com reported that the company was acquired by Snap Inc. in 2017.

Features

The PlayCanvas platform has

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that allows editing a project by multiple developers simultaneously. The engine supports the

1.0 and 2.0 standard to produce GPU accelerated 3D graphics and allows for scripting via the

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programming language. Projects can be distributed via a URL web link or packaged in native wrappers, p.g. for Android, using CocoonJS or for

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using

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, and many other options and platforms.

Notable PlayCanvas applications

Various companies use PlayCanvas in projects of different disciplines of interactive 3D content in the web.

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created an educational game for Hour of Code based on its '' Moana'' film.

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published ''Shuffle Cats Mini,'' as a launch title for Facebook Instant Games. TANX –

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of cartoon styled tanks. Miniclip published number of games on their platform with increase of HTML5 games popularity on the web.

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collaborated with PlayCanvas team creating ''After the Flood'' demo for presenting cutting-edge features of WebGL 2.0.

References

External links

PlayCanvas Official WebsitePlayCanvas Engine (Open Source)PlayCanvas Developer SitePlayCanvas API ReferenceVarious free-to-play games built with PlayCanvas
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Features

Notable PlayCanvas applications

See also

References

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