Comment by esperent

6 days ago

I work in the web 3d space, but unfortunately I know nothing about working with Babylon.js. What made you choose this engine? Did you evaluate cesium.js or three.js? Three.js would get you probably a couple of orders of magnitude more potential contributors, while cesium.js is designed for exactly this kind of project - at least that's my understanding, I haven't personally used it either.

EDIT: btw this sounds like a complaint but I didn't mean it that way. You might have really good reasons for your choice and I'm curious to hear them if you're willing to share.

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esperent

folli 6 days ago

All good, it's a valid question.

I'm actually using cesium.js for the replay mode (https://cubetrek.com/replay/6638) using Google Earth data.

For the 3D mode I was evaluating both Three.js and Babylon.js, and back when I started Babylon.js seemed a bit more exciting as I could set everything up a bit faster, so it was not an objective choice. But perhaps it was the wrong decision in hindsight...

esperent 5 days ago

Thanks for your reply.
> But perhaps it was the wrong decision in hindsight
Well, it's hard to say. Babylon.js is funded by Microsoft and there's some good things that come from that. Better docs, more of a batteries included approach. I'd say it's far from a totally wrong choice anyway.