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I understand why WebGPU defined a new API since it's primarily intended for web browsers, however, in this case why create a new API? Why not implement the OpenGL API? Essentially this could have been an OpenGL wrapper over the lower-level API's, e.g. over Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12. OpenGL has the advantage of being an open standard. Did Meta need custom behavior? If so, OpenGL already has a well-defined extensi…
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/Software-using-dear-im...
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Pre-rendered their were. Vaguely reminds me of Myst or FF7 quality.
Pre-rendered? Sure. In-game? No. I think the art direction is half of the problem here. You can place lighting much better and the textures are lacking.
For an intermediate library, it doesn't actually seem to be very much backend-independent. At least the desktop sample [1] has a disappointing amount of code paths with parallel implementations for OpenGL and Vulkan, switched at compile time using "#if USE_OPENGL_BACKEND". I guess this means that this sample will use OpenGL rather than Metal on macOS? They claim there's a Metal backend, but how would one enable that…
This looks like what happens when the "All abstractions are leaky" crowd go too far. It's an absence of abstraction to the point that the intermediary layer is not helpful enough, and will simply end up hidden behind another layer of obfuscatory gunk. Graphics people need to face the fact that writing optimised cross platform renderers is not something that can be solved by divide/conquer into layers in this bottom u…
Is that right? I have been thinking that wgpu is the best choice available for intermediate cross platform graphics one level below something like Skia and one level above Vulkan, OpenGL, DirectX, and Metal.
I understand why WebGPU defined a new API since it's primarily intended for web browsers, however, in this case why create a new API? Why not implement the OpenGL API? Essentially this could have been an OpenGL wrapper over the lower-level API's, e.g. over Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12. OpenGL has the advantage of being an open standard. Did Meta need custom behavior? If so, OpenGL already has a well-defined extensi…
They claim to support WebGL as a compile target, it seems like a pretty big missed opportunity that all of their demos don't link to in-browser WebGL running examples!
Darn, I opened the link and saw it was using Python. Sadly that seems to just be for the install process, for whatever reason. Does anyone have any recommendations for an intermediate graphics library that uses Python and supports compiling your code to a WebGL target? I'm interested in exploring SDF functions in a parametric CAD context, but coming from a Mechanical Engineering background. Not having to learn a new…
I understand why WebGPU defined a new API since it's primarily intended for web browsers, however, in this case why create a new API? Why not implement the OpenGL API? Essentially this could have been an OpenGL wrapper over the lower-level API's, e.g. over Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12. OpenGL has the advantage of being an open standard. Did Meta need custom behavior? If so, OpenGL already has a well-defined extensi…
Meta produced this library not for the benefit of general public. They produced it to make their own development easier and faster, and internally they are unlikely to benefit from OpenGL's ubiquity or backwards compatibility. Then they released the library for the benefit of general public. This is very nice, thanks! But we are not the main target audience.
Not trying to shit on anyone, but that screenshot reminds me of 1990s/early 2000's games. I'm sure there has been a ton of work that went into it, but having some better textures or highlighting the usability would go a long way. Just based on the screenshot, I am not sure that I would even bother to dig too deeply into the library.
Now look at real 1990s/early 2000’s screenshots. You memory is deceiving you. This screenshot is far from current AAA games, but there is no way to render such a scene in a game made for 2000 hardware.
https://youtu.be/j-Iykz0gb7Q (video uploaded 2006)