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Reality check: WebGPU is not shipping yet. Browser supports varies - dev preview (Chrome), far from preview with big missing pieces (Firefox), tumbleweeds (Safa
by fulafel 4y ago
Reality check: WebGPU is not shipping yet. Browser supports varies - dev preview (Chrome), far from preview with big missing pieces (Firefox), tumbleweeds (Safari [1]). If it's anything like WebGL, it might take many years after shipping to be a good dev target (tooling, major browser bugs and regressions, missing support depending on end-user hw, Safari lagging other browsers by 5 years like with WebGL 2, etc).
WebGL 2 on other hand works today and is about the only way to do portable 3d (unless you use higher level engines). .
[1] apparently a preview appeared in Safari tech preview releases in 2019 when Apple was trying to argue for more Metal style API design in WebGPU, but since disappeared from there. https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/692979 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/692979
- fulafel 4y agoForgot to mention: also the WebGPU spec itself is unfinished.