Progressive compression and transmission of 3D model with WebGL

Abstract

This paper presents a system of progressive compression and transmission of 3D model with WebGL. The algorithm based on edge collapse is chosen in this system to complete the compression work and is modified in order to adapt the system. WebGL is used in the client part of the system so the system could be multi-platform as long as the browser supports the HTML5 on that platform, like chrome, firefox and so on. These browsers supported almost all the platform. With the progressive compression method running on the server side and WebGL technology running on the browser, people can get the view of the 3D models in much more quickly even on the smartphone as well as the quality of the models still can be accepted.