Simulação interativa de um drone no navegador web utilizando webassembly e webgl

Abstract

JavaScript is the standard language for implementing the logic in web pages and allows for dynamic manipulation of page elements. However, as an interpreted language, performance may be limited. With growing interest in web applications, many programs must be converted to the JavaScript, HTML, and CSS format, which can be a challenge, especially for more complex programs. This scenery arises the proposal of the WebAssembly standard: a low-level language that defines a binary code format intended for execution in browsers, in a portable, high-performance and secure way. The proposal of this project is to elaborate a study on the WebAssembly technology practically, performing portability of a native application to the Web. The application that will be the object of study is the simulation of the dynamics and position control of a drone, with simplified navigation and restricted to a vertical plane, where a first version, written in C++/OpenGL, will be converted into a Web App, using the WebAssembly/WebGL set. This study aimed to understand the steps necessary for conversion of native applications to Web Applications and, as a result, we present the necessary steps in the conversion process, starting from the C++/OpenGL set, with the detailing of the software tools, as well as the required configurations and the simulation in its two versions.