本文由 InfoQ 整理自贝壳找房资深工程师郝稼力在 GMTC 全球大前端技术大会（深圳站）2021 上的演讲《从 WebGL 到 WebGPU——网页图形的全新时代》。 正在看这篇文章的你，是否也写过 WebGL？或者，是以 WebGL 作为自己的主要工作？十年来，我一直从事 WebGL 相关工作 ...

这是一段关于浏览器与3D的 "进化简史"，也是一个关于如何让虚拟世界在指尖流动的漫长故事。 曾几何时，要在那个方寸之间的浏览器窗口中构建一个立体的、交互的、沉浸的数字世界，近乎是一种奢望。开发者们不得不依赖各种脆弱的插件，在性能的悬崖边 ...

经过六年的开发，当地时间 4 月 6 日，谷歌 Chrome 团队正式发布 WebGPU，用于在网络上进行高性能 3D 图形与数据并行计算。WebGPU 现已在 Beta 测试阶段的 Chrome 113 中默认启用。 WebGPU 是一种新型 Web 图形 API，具有显著减少同等图形规模下 JavaScript 工作量、将机器学习 ...

As the browser becomes more like an operating system, we are seeing more deep features being built into them. For example, you can now do a form of assembly language for the browser. Sophisticated ...

The evolution of web technology is exciting and has been driven by the desire for more engaging and complex experiences—from simple HTML content in 2-D to more advanced WebGL experiences in 3-D. The ...

When using the 3D graphic function on the browser, ' WebGL ' is used in most cases. ' WebGPU ' is an API specification designed from the ground up as the successor to 'WebGL' in order to bring out the ...

JavaScript API used to render computer graphics from existing WebGL to its successor, WebGPU. Pixels Commander, a news blog focused on front-end development, explains the 'compute shader' that ...

Google announced today that it would enable WebGPU support in its Chrome browser by default starting in version 113, currently in beta. In development since 2017, WebGPU is a next-generation graphics ...

WebGPU is quietly reshaping what is possible in a browser window, turning the web into a serious platform for high‑end graphics and compute rather than a thin client for native apps. While support is ...