TYPED ARRAYS
New in ECMAScript 6, the typed array is a construct designed for efficiently passing binary data to native libraries. There is no actual “TypedArray” type in JavaScript—rather, the term refers to a collection of specialized arrays that contain numeric types. To understand how to use the typed array, it is helpful to first understand its intended purpose.
History
As web browsers gained adoption, it was not difficult to foresee that the ability to run complex 3D applications inside of them would be in demand. As early as 2006, browser vendors including Mozilla and Opera began to experiment with a programming platform for rendering graphics-intensive applications inside the browser without requiring any plugins. The goal was to develop a JavaScript API that could make use of a 3D graphics API and GPU acceleration to enable rendering of complex graphics on a <canvas>
element.
WebGL
The eventual JavaScript API was based on the OpenGL for Embedded...