WebGL & WebGPU Meetup - November 2024

WebGL & WebGPU Meetup - November 2024
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November 5, 2024
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Join Our Next WebGL & WebGPU Virtual Meetup

  • Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2024

  • Time: 9:00 PDT | 12:00 EDT | 18:00 CEST

Please join us for the next WebGL + WebGPU Meetup! We have an exciting lineup including the latest news from the Working Groups and presentations. The meetup will conclude with a lively Q&A session, so bring your questions for the experts!

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Agenda

  • WebGL Updates, Ken Russell (Google, Khronos WebGL Working Group Chair)
    • Get an update on all the latest development with WebGL.
  • WebGPU Updates, Kelsey Gilbert (Mozilla, Chair of the W3C GPU for the Web Working Group)
    • An update on the state of WebGPU standardization and the WebGPU ecosystem.
  • Babylon.js and its WebGPU Back-End - The Latest Improvements, Thomas Lucchini & Sebastien Vandenberghe (Microsoft)
    • We'll cover the second version of the WebGPU implementation in Babylon.js. In addition to TintWASM on the fly conversion, we’ll share our journey to have native WGSL shaders and a new viewer to make it easily accessible.
  • Adding "Illumination" mode to Mol*, Alexander Rose (Independent)
    • High quality lighting from "path-traced" screen-space global illumination.
  • PlayCanvas Render Pass Based Architecture, Martin Valigursky (Snapchat)
    • In this presentation, we'll discuss how we've redesigned the engine to a render pass-based approach, aligning with WebGPU, and added features like HDR rendering, SSAO, and HDR bloom for enhanced visual quality.
  • Pixsplat - How Pixsplat utilizes WebGPU for accelerated performance, Manuel Machado (Independent)
    • We'll cover the goals and motivation behind the Pixsplat project and show how it utilizes WebGPU including a live demo.
  • Q&A

If you would to present at one of our future WebGL+ WebGPU Meetups, please reach out to events@khronosgroup.org.

Speakers

Ken Russell
Ken Russell
Google
Kelsey Gilbert
Kelsey Gilbert
Mozilla
Thomas Lucchini
Thomas Lucchini
Microsoft
Sebastien Vandenberghe
Sebastien Vandenberghe
Microsoft
Alexander Rose
Alexander Rose
Independent
Martin Valigursky
Martin Valigursky
Snapchat
Manuel Machado
Manuel Machado
Independent

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