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OpenglES 2 (which is what mobile runs) and WebGL are DirectX 9 equivalent. And on windows at least chrome implements WebGL on top of Directx and not OpenGl subs
by fsloth 12y ago
OpenglES 2 (which is what mobile runs) and WebGL are DirectX 9 equivalent. And on windows at least chrome implements WebGL on top of Directx and not OpenGl substrate https://code.google.com/p/angleproject/ https://code.google.com/p/angleproject/
With feature parity latest DirectX can be compared only to desktop OpenGL (although OpenGL ES 3.0 is up and coming)
- jsheard 12y agoFirefox and IE both implement WebGL using DirectX too. It's a sad state of affairs when OpenGL drivers are so flaky that it's less trouble to write an elaborate cross-API abstraction layer and shader translator, than to just use OpenGL directly with a nearly 1:1 mapping.