diff --git a/content/news/024/franzplot_scene.gif b/content/news/024/franzplot_scene.gif new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d4210eebb Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/024/franzplot_scene.gif differ diff --git a/content/news/024/index.md b/content/news/024/index.md index 77ba2f6c1..692bc261b 100644 --- a/content/news/024/index.md +++ b/content/news/024/index.md @@ -278,6 +278,32 @@ programming with Godot and Rust! [godot_egui]: https://docs.rs/godot_egui/ +### [wgpu] + + + +Following the [Family Reunion] initiative, [wgpu] team has been busy rebuilding +the graphics infrastructure. The new D3D12 backend has been merged, which +concludes the trip of moving (or rewriting?) all of the implementation into +Rust. In addition to a "lean and mean" implementation of the host API side, +which turned out to match the WebGPU API very well, the new backend works with +[naga] exclusively for generation of HLSL shaders. +This is in contrast with gfx-backend-dx12, which only supported SPIRV-Cross. + +The team also wrote the blog post [Release of v0.9 and the Future of wgpu]. +One of the interesting bits is `gfx` repository switching to +maintenance mode. + +Last but not the least, Francesco Cattoglio described their adventure +with rewriting [Franzplot] on a new blog hosted by the wgpu team. This blog will +accumulate stories of wgpu users and their interesting projects. + +[wgpu]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu +[naga]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga +[Family Reunion]: https://gamedev.rs/news/023/#wgpu-family-re-union +[Release of v0.9 and the Future of wgpu]: https://gfx-rs.github.io/2021/07/16/release-0.9-future.html +[Franzplot]: https://gfx-rs.github.io/stories/franzplot.html + ## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github <!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->