编辑“︁WebGL”︁（章节）

== 歷史 ==
WebGL起源於Mozilla員工[[弗拉基米爾·弗基西維奇]]一項稱為Canvas 3D的實驗計畫。2006年，弗基西維奇首次展示了Canvas 3D的原型。2007年底在Firefox<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.vlad1.com/2007/11/26/canvas-3d-gl-power-web-style/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717224855/http://blog.vlad1.com/2007/11/26/canvas-3d-gl-power-web-style/|archivedate=2011-07-17|title=Canvas 3D: GL power, web-style|publisher=Blog.vlad1.com|date=|accessdate=2011-05-14|deadurl=yes}}</ref>和Opera<ref>{{cite web |url=http://my.opera.com/timjoh/blog/2007/11/13/taking-the-canvas-to-another-dimension |title=Taking the canvas to another dimension |publisher=My.opera.com |date=2007-11-26 |accessdate=2011-05-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117170113/http://my.opera.com/timjoh/blog/2007/11/13/taking-the-canvas-to-another-dimension |archivedate=2007-11-17 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>被實作。

在2009年初，[[非營利]]技術[[聯盟]]Khronos Group啟動了WebGL的工作組，最初的工作成員包括[[蘋果公司|Apple]]、[[Google]]、[[Mozilla基金會|Mozilla]]、[[Opera (瀏覽器)|Opera]]等<ref name=WebGLWebsite/><ref name=WebGLAnnouncement>{{cite web |url=http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/khronos-webgl-initiative-hardware-accelerated-3d-graphics-internet |title=Khronos Details WebGL Initiative to Bring Hardware-Accelerated 3D Graphics to the Internet |publisher=Khronos.org |date=2009-08-04 |accessdate=2011-05-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66sDuttIe?url=http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/khronos-webgl-initiative-hardware-accelerated-3d-graphics-internet |archivedate=2012-04-12 }}</ref>。2011年3月發布WebGL 1.0規範<ref name=WebGLFinal>{{cite web|title=Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Specification|url=http://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-releases-final-webgl-1.0-specification|accessdate=2015-05-18|archive-date=2016-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108073248/https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-releases-final-webgl-1.0-specification|dead-url=no}}</ref>。截至2012年3月，工作組的主席由肯·羅素（Ken Russell，全名「Kenneth Bradley Russell」）擔任。

WebGL的早期應用包括[[Zygote Body]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com |title=Google Body – Google Labs |publisher=Bodybrowser.googlelabs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513162725/http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/ |archivedate=2011-05-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bhanoo |first=Sindya N. |url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/new-from-google-the-body-browser/ |title=New From Google: The Body Browser |publisher=Well.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2010-12-23 |accessdate=2011-05-14 |archive-date=2015-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206170420/http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/new-from-google-the-body-browser/ }}</ref>。

WebGL 2規範的發展始於2013年，並於2017年1月完成<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/2.0/ |title=WebGL 2 Specification |publisher=khronos.org |date=2013-09-26 |accessdate=2013-10-28 |archive-date=2017-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808155014/https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/2.0/ }}</ref>。該規範基於OpenGL ES 3.0<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/2.0/ |title=存档副本 |access-date=2017-06-11 |archive-date=2017-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128112311/https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/2.0/ }}</ref>。首度實作在Firefox 51、Chrome 56和Opera 43中<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API |title=存档副本 |access-date=2017-06-11 |archive-date=2017-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828234423/https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API }}</ref>。