Pre-render a 2D image from 3D scene via web

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It's a question full of allsorts, let me break it down.

I currently have a 3D Windows app that takes the user-supplied image, applies it to a 3D model and then displays the result. The model is in OBJ format. I would like to be able to do this via a website. The process is:

1. Submit and Upload image - OK
2. Render a 3D scene on the server and take 3 snapshots
3. Present the images to the user - OK

So step 2 is what I am pondering at the moment. I can see that it is very possible using Javascript and WebGL, and I could do some very elaborate things this way. However, this exposes my proprietary models to the user.

There are some ideas floating around the internet regarding PHP and projects like Pear, but they all seem incomplete.

Is anyone aware of a PHP (or other language) type scripting approach that would get me started on this path?
Many thanks in advance for any guidance.

Posted 14-Dec-13 2:12am

Steve Vink

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Dec-13 14:01pm

Not enough information. Of course you should do everything on server side, but what's the problem? You should understand that we have no idea of your models, data representation and technology.
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