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0 pointspjmlp3y ago0 comments

Looking into middleware is a much more sane option.

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flohofwoe3y ago· 2 in thread

WebGPU's native libraries are essentially middleware to abstract over the common subset of Vulkan, D3D12 and Metal.

pjmlpOP3y ago

That is a wrapper library, middleware means more richer tooling and development experience.

At very minimum something like Ogre3d or Open Inventor.

flohofwoe3y ago

...which is then often too opinionated and bloated for specific use cases. E.g. nobody in their right mind would use Unity for a simple 3D viewer application.

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