Introduction to WebGPU - CIS 565 GPU Programming Fall 2023

Guest lecture I gave at the University of Pennsylvania in November 2023, covering the WebGPU graphics API. Covers a wide range of WebGPU topics, including API overview, best practices, and more.

Links from the lecture:

Slide Deck - https://bit.ly/webgpu-cis-565
Metaballs Demo - https://toji.github.io/webgpu-metaballs/
Babylon Ocean Demo - https://popov72.github.io/OceanDemo/d...
Render Bundles Demo - https://playground.babylonjs.com/?web...#1092

This is a modified version of the same lecture I gave in person in 2022, which you can see here:    • Introduction to WebGPU - CIS 565 GPU ...   The audio was a worse on that recording, however, and the slides spent more time comparing WebGPU to WebGL.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:03 WebGL History
08:37 WebGPU Overview
12:47 WebGPU Demos
16:10 Web APIs vs Native APIs
21:30 "Hello Triangle"
39:51 More WebGPU concepts
43:44 Exposing Resources to Shaders
51:00 How WebGPU helps developers
57:48 WebGPU tips
1:13:10 Additional Resources
1:15:45 Q&A Part 1
1:44:03 Career Advice
1:51:38 Q&A Part 2