Creating a scene

We have learned how to create THREE.Scene, so we already know some of the basics of Three.js. We saw that for a scene to show anything, we need four different types of objects:

Camera: This determines which part of THREE.Scene is rendered onscreen.
Lights: These have an effect on how materials are shown and are used when creating shadow effects.
Meshes: These are the main objects that are rendered from the perspective of the camera. These objects contain the vertices and faces that make up the geometry (for example, a sphere or a cube) and contain a material, which defines what the geometry looks like.
Renderer: This uses the camera and the information in the scene to draw (render) the output on the screen.

THREE.Scene serves as the main container for the lights and the meshes we want to render. THREE.Scene itself doesn’t have that many options and functions.

THREE.Scene is a structure ...

Introduction to the Course

Part 1: Getting Up and Running

Creating the First 3D Scene with Three.js

The Basic Components That Make Up a Three.js Application

Working with Light Sources in Three.js

Part 2: Working with the Three.js Core Components

Working with Three.js Materials

Learning to Work with Geometries

Exploring Advanced Geometries

Points and Sprites

Part 3: Particle Clouds, Loading, and Animating Models

Creating and Loading Advanced Meshes and Geometries

Animation and Moving the Camera

Loading and Working with Textures

Part 4: Post-Processing, Physics, and Sounds

Render Post-Processing

Adding Physics and Sounds to Our Scene

Working with Blender and Three.js

Three.js: Together with React, TypeScript, and WebXR

Conclusion

Appendix

Creating a Scene with Basic Functionality

Creating a scene