From WebGL to WebGPU

Gregg Tavares (author of WebGL/WebGPU Fundamentals) joins Jerod & Amal to give us a tour of these low-level technologies that are pushing the web forward into the world of video games, machine learning & other exciting rich applications.

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Featuring:

• Gregg Tavares – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Amal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• WebGL Fundamentals
• WebGPU Fundamentals
• WebGPU - Wikipedia
• “webgpu” | Can I use…
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• PlayCanvas WebGL Game Engine
• PICO-8 Fantasy Console
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