WebGPU Demo (Rust, in your browser)

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WebGPU Demo (Rust, in your browser)#

A live demo of the Rust kataglyphis_webgpu_renderer crate (ExternalLib/Kataglyphis-RustProjectTemplate/crates/webgpu_renderer), compiled to WebAssembly and running on the WebGPU API — the same renderer that runs natively on Vulkan/DX12/Metal. It renders a glTF scene with the metallic-roughness PBR pipeline, directional shadow mapping (3×3 PCF), and ACES tonemapping from an HDR target.

Requires a WebGPU-capable browser (Chrome/Edge 113+, Firefox 141+).

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About#

  • Milestones shipped: surface lifecycle, glTF loading (meshes, transforms, samplers, mipmaps, tangents), PBR materials (GGX metallic-roughness, normal/emissive/occlusion maps), directional shadows, HDR + ACES tonemap, this browser build.

  • Roadmap: see docs/webgpu-renderer-roadmap.md in the repository — phases A–G from material correctness up to IBL, animation, and a Colosseum-scale showcase scene.

  • Rebuild the demo: cargo build -p kataglyphis_webgpu_renderer --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --release, then wasm-bindgen --target web into crates/webgpu_renderer/web/pkg, and copy web/ into docs/source/_webgpu_demo/webgpu-demo/.

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