JHT Develops National Training Program Using New WebGL Technology

(Orlando, FL) 1 August 2011

JHT Inc. joins a small, yet elite group of programmers in the next evolution of internet accessibility by utilizing Web-based Graphics Library (WebGL) programming for customized training programs. Online communities have been buzzing as of late over this innovative tool and how it will create a new standard for viewing dynamic 3D graphics on the internet without the need of numerous plug-in applications. The browsers that are currently compatible with this platform include Google (Chrome), Mozilla (Firefox), and Opera.

In facilitating the new contract, JHT will provide onsite support at NCCOS Centers at multiple locations including: the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) and the Center for Human Health and Risk/Hollings Marine Laboratory (CHHR/HML) in Charleston, SC; the Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Beaufort, NC; and at the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, MD. JHT staff will offer technical support to the centers related to: understanding and predicting the impacts of coastal pollution on ecosystem health, understanding, management and remediation of HABs, development of regional ecological characterizations in support of marine spatial planning and for assessing the consequences of climate change on ecosystem services and coastal communities.

Lead JHT Developer for the DOE training program, Monte Watson and Programmer, Desmond Ebuwa were invited to Google's corporate headquarters in mid-June to present their DOE training initiative to an intimate group of WebGL users. JHT provided the only example of a fully-funded project to the panel of 80 guests. Watson states, "Our experience with this technology enables us to create interactive 3D media for our customers' web-based training solutions. This is an exciting part of the HTML 5 platform that JHT is researching for distributed learning solutions."