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I'm playing around with base64 embedded data URI's and tried to analyze the buffer data of the gltf box sample model, as defined in this example here (line 76).

"uri": "data:application/octet-stream;base64,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"

This is the buffer data for a simple cube, here's screenshot:

But it's giving me a hard time to understand what's exactly in this buffer. As far as I know, it should contain the vertices, and maybe indices.

I tried to decode the base64 and the output is binary. I'm lost since I have no clue how this binary is encoded or decoded. Can anyone point me how to write such buffers or at least how to read them?

How do I generate my own buffers?