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import {
DeviceTabs,
Info,
Feature as F,
Limit as L,
WebGLLimit as WL,
WebGLExtensions
} from '@site/src/react-luma';
# DeviceFeature
> The luma.gl v9 API is currently in [public review](/docs/public-review).
The luma.gl `Device` provides a range of fields and functions to help an application
determine the capabilities of the underlying platform and API.
The tables on this page use luma.gl Device APIs to display the capabilities of your current browser.
Open this page in different browsers to compare capabilities.
## Fields
### Device.info
A `DeviceInfo` object with fields that describe the devices.
<DeviceTabs />
| Field | This Browser | Description |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `type` | <Info f="type" /> | `webgpu`, `webgl2` or `webgl` |
| `gpu` | <Info f="gpu" /> | `intel`, `nvidia`, `amd` or `unknown` |
| `renderer` | <Info f="renderer" /> | GPU Driver |
| `vendor` | <Info f="vendor" /> | GPU vendor |
| `version` | <Info f="version" /> | Driver version |
### Device.features
luma.gl provides a unified feature detection system across WebGPU, WebGL and GLSL.
Each device has a `device.features` field that holds a set of strings (`Set<DeviceFeature>`).
A substantial set of features are devoted to texture capabilites, however these can also
be queried on a per-texture basis
```typescript
if (device.features.has('instanced-rendering-webgl1')) {
// Will work both on WebGL 1 (via extension) and WebGL 2 via the standard API
program.draw({instanceCount: ..., ....});
}
```
<DeviceTabs />
| `luma.gl Feature` | This<br /> Browser | Description |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| **Features** |
| `depth-clip-control` | <F f="depth-clip-control"/> | Depth clamps instead of clips. |
| `indirect-first-instance` | <F f="indirect-first-instance"/> | Specify via GPU buffer |
| `timestamp-query` | <F f="timestamp-query"/> | |
| `timer-query-webgl` | <F f="timer-query-webgl"/> | GPU timer support |
| **Textures** |
| `depth24unorm-stencil8` | <F f="depth24unorm-stencil8"/> | `UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_WEBGL` |
| `depth32float-stencil8` | <F f="depth32float-stencil8"/> | WebGPU only |
| `texture-filter-anisotropic-webgl` | <F f="texture-filter-anisotropic-webgl"/> | anisotropic filtering, common |
| `texture-filter-linear-float32-webgl` | <F f="texture-filter-linear-float32-webgl"/> | float32 `linear` filtering |
| `texture-filter-linear-float16-webgl` | <F f="texture-filter-linear-float16-webgl`" /> | float16 `linear` filtering |
| `texture-renderable-float32-webgl` | <F f="texture-renderable-float32-webgl"/> | float32 textures renderable |
| `texture-renderable-float16-webgl` | <F f="texture-renderable-float16-webgl"/> | float16 textures renderable |
| `texture-renderable-rgba32float-webgl` | <F f="texture-renderable-rgba32float-webgl"/> | float32 textures renderable |
| `texture-blend-float-webgl1` | <F f="texture-blend-float-webgl1"/> | float texture blending |
| `texture-formats-float32-webgl1` | <F f="texture-formats-float32-webgl1"/> | float32 texture support |
| `texture-formats-float16-webgl1` | <F f="texture-formats-float16-webgl1"/> | float16 texture support |
| `texture-formats-srgb-webgl1` | <F f="texture-formats-srgb-webgl1"/> | SRGB format support |
| `texture-formats-depth-webgl1` | <F f="texture-formats-depth-webgl1"/> | depth texture supports |
| **Compressed Textures** |
| `texture-compression-bc5-webgl` | <F f="texture-compression-bc5-webgl"/> | DXT (BC1-BC5). Desktops. |
| `texture-compression-bc` | <F f="texture-compression-bc"/> | DXT (BC1-BC7). Desktops. |
| `texture-compression-etc2` | <F f="texture-compression-etc2"/> | Performance caveats. |
| `texture-compression-astc` | <F f="texture-compression-astc"/> | ASTC. |
| `texture-compression-etc1-webgl` | <F f="texture-compression-etc1-webgl"/> | Qualcomm Snapdragon. Android. |
| `texture-compression-pvrtc-webgl` | <F f="texture-compression-pvrtc-webgl"/> | PowerVR GPUs, iOS devices. |
| `texture-compression-atc-webgl` | <F f="texture-compression-atc-webgl"/> | Qualcomm Adreno GPUs. Android. |
| **WebGL1 checks** |
| `instanced-rendering-webgl1` | <F f="instanced-rendering-webgl1"/> | Instanced rendering available? |
| `multiple-render-targets-webgl1` | <F f="multiple-render-targets-webgl1"/> | Multiple render targets |
| `index-uint32-webgl1` | <F f="index-uint32-webgl1"/> | 32 bit indexing supported |
| `blend-minmax-webgl1` | <F f="blend-minmax-webgl1"/> | `min` and `max` blending |
| `glsl-frag-data-webgl1` | <F f="glsl-frag-data"/> | |
| `glsl-frag-depth-webgl1` | <F f="glsl-frag-depth"/> | |
| `glsl-derivatives-webgl1` | <F f="glsl-derivatives"/> | |
| `glsl-texture-lod-webgl1` | <F f="glsl-texture-lod"/> | |
## Usage
Another example of feature detection
```typescript
// Checks if `Query` objects can do async queries of GPU timings
if (device.features.has('timer-query-webgl')) {
...
}
// Alternatively - do the same query using raw WebGL extensions
if (webglDevice.gl.getExtension('EXT_disjoint_timer_query') || webglDevice.gl.getExtension('EXT_disjoint_timer_query_webgl2')) {
...
}
```
## WebGL
If you know that you are running on WebGL, you don't need to go through
the luma.gl Device APIs. You can access "raw" WebGL extensions and limits directly.
### WebGL extensions
It is easy to get the list of actual WebGL extensions from `WebGLDevice`:
```typescript
const webglDevice = device instanceof WebGLDevice ? (device as WebGLDevice) : null;
const extensions = webglDevice ? webglDevice.gl.getSupportedExtensions() : [];
console.log(extensions);
```
On your current browser, this would yield:
<DeviceTabs />
<WebGLExtensions />
The following table illustrates how WebGL extensions map to luma.gl features.
> Caveat: It is mainly included for reference purposes.
> WebGL extensions can be demanding to work with directly. They are very granular,
> they often require functions to be invoked on the extension instead of the context,
> and WebGL1 extensions are not listed as supported on WebGL2 contexts even though the
> corresponding features are supported by WebGL2.
| `luma.gl feature` | WebGL Extension | Description |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| **General WebGL Features** | | | ß |
| `webgl2` | True for WebGL 2 Context | |
| `timer-query-webgl` (WebGL1) | [`EXTx_disjoint_timer_query`][timer_query_webgl] | `Query` support asynchronous GPU timings |
| `timer-query-webgl` (WebGL2) | [`EXT_disjoint_timer_query_webgl2`][timer_query_webgl2] | \* (Same feature has different extension under WebGL1 and WebGL2) |
| `instanced-rendering-webgl1` | [`ANGLE_instanced_arrays`][instanced_arrays] | Instanced rendering (instanced vertex attributes) |
| `vertex-array-object-webgl1` | [`OES_vertex_array_object`][vertex_array_object] | `VertexArrayObjects` can be created |
| `index-uint32-webgl1` | [`OES_element_index_uint`][element_index_uint] | 32 bit indices available for `GL.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER`s |
| `blend-minmax-webgl1` | [`EXT_blend_minmax`][blend_minmax] | `GL.MIN`, `GL.MAX` blending modes are available |
| \*\* GLSL extensions\*\* | | |
| `webgl-shader_texture_lod` | [`EXT_shader_texture_lod`][shader_texture_lod] | Enables shader control of LOD |
| `webgl-fragment-shader-draw-buffers` | [`WEBGL_draw_buffers`][draw_buffers] | Fragment shader can draw to multiple render targets |
| `webgl-fragment-shader-depth` | [`EXT_frag_depth`][frag_depth] | Fragment shader can control fragment depth value |
| `webgl-fragment-shader-derivatives` | [`OES_standard_derivatives`][standard_derivatives] | Derivative functions are available in GLSL |
| **`Texture`s and `Framebuffer`s** | | |
| `texture-float32-webgl1` | [`OES_texture_float`][texture_float] | Floating point (`Float32Array`) textures can be created and set as samplers (Note that filtering and rendering need to be queried separately, even in WebGL 2) |
| `texture-float16-webgl1` (Extension 1 of 2) | [`OES_texture_half_float`][texture_half_float] | Half float (`Uint16Array`) textures can be created and set as samplers |
| `texture-float16-webgl1` (Extension 2 of 2) | [`WEBGL_color_buffer_float`][webgl_color_buffer_float] | \* (This feature depends on 2 extensions) |
| `multiple-render-targets-webgl1` | [`WEBGL_draw_buffers`][draw_buffers] | `Framebuffer`s can have multiple color attachments that fragment shaders can access, see `Framebuffer.drawBuffers` |
| `texture-renderable-rgba32float-webgl` | | Floating point `Texture`s using the `GL.RGBA32F` format are renderable and readable |
| `texture-renderable-float32-webgl` | [`EXT_color_buffer_float`]color_buffer_float) | Floating point `Texture`s are renderable/readable, (attach to `Framebuffer`s and write from fragment shaders, read from with `readPixels` etc. `GL.RGBA32F`. |
| `texture-renderable-float16-webgl` | [`EXT_color_buffer_half_float`]color_buffer_half_float) | Half float format `Texture`s are renderable and readable |
| `float-blend-webgl1` | [`EXT_float_blend`]float_blend) | Blending with 32-bit floating point color buffers |
| `depth_buffers` | [`WEBGL_depth_texture`][depth_texture] | Depth buffers can be stored in `Texture`s, e.g. for shadow map calculations |
| `texture-filter-linear-float` | [`OES_texture_float_linear`][texture_float_linear] | Linear texture filtering for floating point textures |
| `texture-filter-linear-half-float-webgl` | [`OES_texture_half_float_linear`][texture_half_float_linear] | Linear texture filtering for half float textures |
| `texture_filter-anisotropic-webgl` | [`EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic`][texture_filter_anisotropic] | Anisotropic texture filtering |
| `texture-srgb-webgl1` | [`EXT_sRGB`][srgb] | sRGB encoded rendering is available |
[instanced_arrays]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ANGLE_instanced_arrays
[vertex_array_object]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_vertex_array_object
[element_index_uint]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_element_index_uint
[blend_minmax]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_blend_minmax
[timer_query_webgl]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_disjoint_timer_query
[timer_query_webgl2]: https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/extensions/EXT_disjoint_timer_query_webgl2/
[texture_compression_bptc]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_compression_bptc
[texture_compression_rgtc]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
[texture_float]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_texture_float
[texture_half_float]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_texture_half_float
[color_buffer_float]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_color_buffer_float
[draw_buffers]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_draw_buffers
[ext_color_buffer_float`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_color_buffer_float
[webgl_color_buffer_float`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_color_buffer_float
[shader_texture_lod]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_shader_texture_lod
[draw_buffers]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_draw_buffers
[frag_depth]; https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_frag_depth
[standard_derivatives]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_standard_derivatives
[color_buffer_float](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_color_buffer_float)
[color_buffer_half_float](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_color_buffer_half_float)
[float_blend](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_float_blend)
[depth_texture]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_depth_texture
[texture_float_linear]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_texture_float_linear
[texture_half_float_linear]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OES_texture_half_float_linear
[texture_filter_anisotropic]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
[sRGB]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_sRGB
## Remarks
- WebGL 1 only supports one color buffer format (RBG32F is deprecated)
- WebGL 2 supports multiple color buffer formats
- Some extensions will not be enabled until they have been queries. luma always queries on startup to enable, app only needs to query again it wants to test platform.
- The capability detection system works regardless of whether the app is running in a browser or in headless mode under Node.js.
- Naturally, given that queries to driver and GPU are typically expensive in WebGL, the capabilities system will cache any queries.
WebGL capabilities can vary dramatically (from minimal WebGL 1 (e.g. headless-gl), through WebGL 1 with dozens of extensions, to full WebGL 2 with extensions). Unfortunately, the raw WebGL API sometimes expose the same functionalities through APIs that are slightly different and not exactly compatible.
To simplify detecting and working with conditionally available capabilities (or "features") luma.gl provides:
- A set of functions that enable you to check if the application is currently running on an environment that supports a certain feature (regardless of whether it is supported through e.g. WebGL 2 or a WebGL 1 extension).
In addition, luma.gl's WebGL classes transparently use WebGL extensions or WebGL 2 APIs as appropriate, meaning that the amount of conditional logic in application code can be kept to a minimum. Once you have established that a capability exists, luma.gl offers you one unified way to use it.
---
### WebGL 2-only Features
A partial list of features that are only available in WebGL 2:
- Non-power-of-2 textures - non-POT textures can have mipmaps in WebGL 2
- Sized texture formats -
- Integer based texture formats and attributes -
- Multi-Sampled renderbuffers -
- Guaranteed texture access in vertex shaders - WebGL 1 is not required to support this (although it often does)
### GLSL 3.00
- `textureSize` - query **size of texture** from within shaders
- `texelFetch` - access textures by **pixel** coordinates (0-width, 0-height) instead of **texel** coordinates (0-1)
- `inverse` and `transpose` Matrix operations available in GLSL
- loop restrictions removed
## WebGL Notes
### WebGL 2 Classes with some WebGL 1 support
Note that luma has a few WebGL 2 classes that **can** be instantiated under WebGL 1
- `VertexAttributeObject`. Can be instanitated under WebGL 1 if the commonly supported extension is available. Also, luma.gl treats the global vertex array as a "default" VertexArrayObject, so that can always be accessed.
- `Query` objects use GPU timing extensions if available. They can always be created but obviously queries will fail if capabilities are not present.
- `UniformBufferLayout` - this class does not create any WebGL resources, it just helps the application access memory in the layout format expected by WebGL 2 uniform buffers.
`VertexAttributeObject` and `Query` have a static `isSupported()` method that you can call instead of checking for WebGL 2.
### WebGL 2 Classes that only work in WebGL 2
A list of luma classes that can only be instantiated under WebGL 2:
- `Texture3D` - e.g for volumetric rendering
- `Texture2DArray` - an array of textures, e.g. a texture atlas
- `Sampler` - holds a separate set of texture sampler parameters
- `TransformFeedback` - holds a list of output buffers for shaders to write to.
- `Sync` -
The WebGL standard comes with an elaborate "extension" system allowing applications to check for the availability of features beyond the base WebGL 1 and WebGL 2 standards. These extensions tend to be rather technical, plus they have to be used differently in WebGL 1 and WebGL 2, so luma provides a simplified feature detection system. Following table lists all the available features, and their support under WebGL 1 and WebGL 2 , `NO` implies not supported, 'YES' implies supported and `*` implies supported through an extension.
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