Tracker: v9.1

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Goal: Improved WebGPU support and deprecation of WebGL only features

• Target Date: Q3 2024 - follows v9.0 Tracker - Followed by v9.2 Tracker

Bugs

• https://github.com/visgl/luma.gl/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+milestone%3Av9.1

Docs

• engine BufferTransform / TextureTransform docs - @donmccurdy
• gltf @luma.gl/gltf module docs - @felixpalmer

Website / Examples ported to WebGPU

non-WebGPU enabled example

• Fix render buffer size (pixelization)
• Examples: Port showcase/instancing
  • Use dirlight module
• Examples: Port api/animation - fix(webgpu): animation example, dirlight module #2153
• Examples: Port api/cubemap
• Examples: Port api/texture-3d
  • Blending seems broken?
• Examples: Create a new minimal postprocessing example to replace glfx (so that we can test / showcase postprocessing modules at least for WebGL) - P1 - TBD

Tests

• Move all tests to getTestDevices() system

Code

• Final fixes to DeviceProps API (See chore(core) new device props api #2100) @chrisgervang
• Clean up DeviceProps API
• bundle size optimization: core module - @ibgreen - core module bundle size investigation #2000
• Refactor: Simplify Texture class - @ibgreen
• Refactor: Move async handling from coreTexture to engine AsyncTexture - @ibgreen
• Cleanup engine Transform code needs to be webgl "independent".
• Remove WebGL-specific topologies - @ibgreen
• Cleanup core helper exports - @ibgreen

Shaders / shadertools

• Feature: Support single source WGSL shader - @ibgreen
• Feature: Support WGSL in modules (minimal) - @ibgreen