R: Interactive 3D WebGL plot of time-space cube with RGL

With the recently relased version of the package RGL (V. 0.92.879) there is a new option to publish 3D plots as an interactive WebGL graphic.
Nearly every 3D plot you set up in a RGL window can be exportet via a very easy command. Just plot as usual into your rgl device and then use the command “writeWebGL()”.

Preview of the TimeSpace Cube WebGL Plot

Time Space Cube sample:

Dependable on your hardware and software specifications (graphics have to support a newer OpenGL version) you’ll be able to open my try in your browser window:

Click here to open my WebGL sample in a new window (~3MB)

Here the command to export your RGL window to a webpage:

browseURL(paste(“file://”, writeWebGL(dir=file.path(tempdir(), “webGL”), width=700), sep=”"))

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