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		tim_iles on Oct 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voxel, a 3D pixel editor in HTML Why does the perspective of the drawing grid appear to get wider as it gets further away? edit, to answer my own question: it doesn't get wider, it just doesn't shrink into the distance either. It still feels odd not having perspective.

lloeki on Oct 26, 2011 [–]

It's rendered using an isometric projection[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection

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