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0 points59nadir4mo ago0 comments

I'll check out WebGPU at some point, I guess. I've written our rendering layer in all of the major APIs (OpenGL, DX12, Vulkan and Metal) and found it very instructive to have all of them to compare at the same time because it really underscored the differences; especially maintaining all of them at the same time. We eventually decided to focus only on DX12, but I think I'll revive this "everything all at once" thing for some side projects.

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reactordev4mo ago

As someone who has done this since DX7, what you’re looking for is WebGPU either Dawn (Google) or wgpu-native (Firefox). WebGPU works. It’s 99% there across platforms for use.

There’s another wrapper abstraction we all love and use called BGFX that is nice to work with. Slightly higher level than Vulkan or Metal but lower than OpenGL. Works on everything, consoles, fridges, phones, cars, desktops, digital signage.

My own engines have jumped back and forth between WebGPU and BGFX for the last few years.

59nadirOP4mo ago

Personally I'm not interested in the web as a platform. The APIs themselves I'm interested in, but as a target I think the web needs to die for everything that isn't a document.

reactordev4mo ago

I never mentioned the web as a target, rather devices. You don’t need a browser, you need a window or a surface to draw on and use C/C++/Rust/C# to write your code.

WebGPU is a standard, not necessarily for the web alone.

At no point does a browser ever enter the picture.

https://eliemichel.github.io/LearnWebGPU/index.html

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reactordev4mo ago

As someone who has done this since DX7, what you’re looking for is WebGPU either Dawn (Google) or wgpu-native (Firefox). WebGPU works. It’s 99% there across platforms for use.

My own engines have jumped back and forth between WebGPU and BGFX for the last few years.

59nadirOP4mo ago

Personally I'm not interested in the web as a platform. The APIs themselves I'm interested in, but as a target I think the web needs to die for everything that isn't a document.

reactordev4mo ago

I never mentioned the web as a target, rather devices. You don’t need a browser, you need a window or a surface to draw on and use C/C++/Rust/C# to write your code.

WebGPU is a standard, not necessarily for the web alone.

At no point does a browser ever enter the picture.

https://eliemichel.github.io/LearnWebGPU/index.html

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