Getting started with WebGL 3D magic

Firefox trunk build and webkit nightly builds both support WebGL, the upcoming Standard for hardware accelerated web browser 3D graphics. So I wanted to get my feet wet with this new technology and after short analysis, I did the following steps as possibly fastest solution to get a working demo (in my case on a mac):

• updated my nightly build of webkit
• in a terminal, issued the following command:
  defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitWebGLEnabled -bool YES
• opened one of the currently popular demos / showcases.

and then you get a smooth rotating object, all coded in Javascript !