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Typically I'd expect memory intensive webGL processes to crash the browser (only), but here this threejs demo took down the whole operating system with it. Trie
by monsterix 12y ago
Typically I'd expect memory intensive webGL processes to crash the browser (only), but here this threejs demo took down the whole operating system with it. Tried it on both iPhone and iPad Air with updated iOS 8.1.2.
- pavlov 12y agoI've seen this before on the Mac: especially in the PowerPC era, it used to be quite easy to accidentally craft OpenGL code that would trigger a bug in the GPU driver, resulting in either a GUI lockup or a kernel panic. It's disappointing and worrying to see this happen on iOS. One of the original concerns against WebGL was that its direct mapping into OpenGL would enable exploits based on GPU driver bugs.
- lightblade 12y agoI had instances of webGL crashing OSX, and this was independent of browser. It crashes whethers it Safari or Chrome.