<s>
Away3D	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
platform	I-Application
for	O
developing	O
interactive	O
3D	O
graphics	O
for	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
applications	O
,	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
or	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
3D	O
world	O
editor	O
(	O
Away	O
Builder	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
3D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
(	O
Away3D	B-Application
or	O
AwayJS	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
3D	O
physics	O
engine	O
(	O
Away	O
Physics	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
compressed	O
3D	O
model	O
file	O
format	O
(	O
AWD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
is	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
Away	O
Foundation	O
,	O
a	O
UK-based	O
non-profit	O
focused	O
on	O
building	O
and	O
maintaining	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
resources	O
for	O
high-performance	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away	O
Builder	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
importing	O
,	O
refining	O
,	O
preparing	O
and	O
exporting	O
3D	O
models	O
and	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
import	O
3D	O
models	O
from	O
various	O
3D	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
and	O
can	O
bake	O
lighting	O
into	O
texture	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
purpose	O
of	O
Away	O
Builder	O
is	O
exporting	O
3D	O
model	O
packages	O
for	O
the	O
Away3D	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
compressed	O
AWD	O
binary	O
format	O
,	O
enabling	O
smaller	O
sizes	O
for	O
3D	O
models	O
than	O
ASCII-based	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
OBJ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Away	O
Extension	O
's	O
plugin	O
enables	O
exporting	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
content	O
from	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Animate	I-Operating_System
into	O
Away3D	B-Application
or	O
AwayJS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
ActionScript	O
3	O
engine	O
for	O
developing	O
interactive	O
3D	O
graphics	O
within	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
current	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
utilizing	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
uses	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	O
lighting	O
and	O
illumination	O
is	O
supported	O
using	O
Phong	O
shading	O
,	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
,	O
point	O
and	O
directional	O
lighting	O
,	O
cascading	O
shadows	O
,	O
normal	B-Application
and	I-Application
specular	I-Application
mapping	I-Application
,	O
global	B-Algorithm
illumination	I-Algorithm
and	O
fog	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
rendering	I-Algorithm
,	O
3D	B-Application
sound	I-Application
,	O
extrusion	O
tools	O
,	O
particle	O
animation	O
and	O
skeletal	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Post-processing	O
effects	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
Away3D	B-Application
supports	O
bloom	O
,	O
blur	O
,	O
depth	O
of	O
field	O
and	O
motion	O
blur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
4	O
and	O
onwards	O
fully	O
supports	O
GPU-accelerated	O
graphics	O
using	O
the	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
API	O
introduced	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	O
,	O
freeing	O
up	O
the	O
CPU	O
for	O
other	O
computational	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
are	O
capable	O
of	O
rendering	O
many	O
more	O
textured	O
triangles	O
per	O
second	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
for	O
much	O
more	O
detail	O
and	O
quality	O
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
100,000	O
triangles	O
per	O
frame	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
typical	O
1,000	O
ceiling	O
with	O
CPU-based	O
Flash	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away	O
Physics	O
is	O
a	O
physics	O
engine	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Bullet	B-Application
physics	I-Application
library	O
,	O
for	O
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
soft	O
and	O
rigid	O
body	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
is	O
built	O
jointly	O
by	O
the	O
Away3D	B-Application
team	O
and	O
the	O
JiglibFlash	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Away3D	B-Application
render	O
pipeline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwayJS	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
3D	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
engine	O
for	O
HTML5	B-Application
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Flash-based	O
Away3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Away3D	B-Application
codebase	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Language
TypeScript	I-Language
,	O
a	O
strongly-typed	O
version	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
that	O
compiles	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
files	O
for	O
compatibility	O
with	O
modern	O
web	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwayJS	O
runs	O
on	O
current	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
and	O
uses	O
WebGL	B-Library
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
hierarchical	O
object	O
transformation	O
with	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
position	O
,	O
rotation	O
and	O
scaling	O
,	O
rendering	O
of	O
bitmap	O
textures	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	O
lighting	O
using	O
Phong	O
shading	O
or	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwayJS	O
can	O
render	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
graphical	O
content	O
using	O
WebGL	B-Library
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AwayJS	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
compressed	O
AWD	O
binary	O
format	O
,	O
enabling	O
smaller	O
sizes	O
for	O
3D	O
models	O
than	O
ASCII-based	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
OBJ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AwayJS	O
API	O
is	O
consistent	O
with	O
the	O
Flash	O
version	O
of	O
Away3D	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
existing	O
developers	O
to	O
migrate	O
from	O
Flash	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
seamlessly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
preserve	O
backward-compatibility	O
with	O
Away3D	B-Application
,	O
AwayJS	O
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
write	O
GPU	B-Architecture
shaders	O
in	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Language
Graphics	I-Language
Assembly	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
AGAL	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
standard	O
OpenGL	B-Language
Shading	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
GLSL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
was	O
started	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
Alexander	O
Zadorozhny	O
and	O
Rob	O
Bateman	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Papervision3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
saw	O
active	O
community	O
involvement	O
since	O
its	O
introduction	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
superseded	O
Papervision3D	B-Application
after	O
it	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
using	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
guide	O
books	O
have	O
been	O
published	O
on	O
3D	O
content	O
development	O
with	O
Away3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Away3D	B-Application
community	O
released	O
Away3D	B-Application
Lite	O
,	O
a	O
lighter	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
for	O
Flash	O
advertisements	O
and	O
other	O
size-constrained	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Away3D	B-Application
Lite	O
was	O
the	O
fastest	O
and	O
smallest	O
full-featured	O
3D	O
engine	O
built	O
for	O
Flash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
weighed	O
in	O
at	O
25	O
KB	O
and	O
performed	O
4	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
full	O
Away3D	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
Flash	O
book	O
noted	O
in	O
the	O
section	O
on	O
"	O
3D	O
with	O
Flash	O
"	O
that	O
"	O
Away3D	B-Application
and	O
Alternativa3D	O
are	O
currently	O
the	O
preferred	O
solution	O
for	O
performance	O
and	O
features	O
because	O
they	O
have	O
a	O
more	O
active	O
development	O
community	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Adobe	O
chose	O
Away3D	B-Application
as	O
the	O
sole	O
3D	O
engine	O
included	O
within	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Gaming	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Adobe	O
has	O
funded	O
further	O
development	O
in	O
Away3D	B-Application
and	O
Away	O
Builder	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
updated	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Gaming	O
SDK	O
with	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
Away3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Away3D	B-Application
1.2	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Haxe	B-Language
multiplatform	O
language	O
,	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
cross-compiled	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
other	O
languages	O
that	O
support	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
enables	O
Away3D	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
OpenFL	B-Application
,	O
a	O
software	O
framework	O
with	O
an	O
API	O
that	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
API	O
.	O
</s>
