Implementation of non-trivial new luma.gl features should typically be started off with the creation of an RFC (Request for Comments). For more details see RFC Guidelines .

Roadmaps

Writeups of directions in major areas of interest

Roadmap	Description
Shadertools	shader module system roadmap
GPGPU	gpgpu roadmap
Effects	Gradually build out our shader stack
Scenegraph and Loaders	Improved scenegraph and loader support

Longer-Terms RFCs

These are early ideas not yet associated with any release

RFC	Author	Status	Description
WIP/Draft
Off-Thread (aka Off-Screen) Rendering	@pessimistress	Experimental	Use the new Off-Screen API to enable WebGL to run in a separate thread. Still requires browser flag.
Automatic Shader Module Injection	@ibgreen	Draft	Automatically inject code required by a shader module
Dist Size Reduction	@ibgreen	Draft	Reduce luma.gl impact on app bundle size

v6.x RFCs

Current direction for luma.gl v6.x is to focus on:

GPGPU compute - rich library for building and testing, WebGL1 fallbacks for transform feedback/floating point
shader modules - shader module system improvements for GPGPU
performance - especially shader compilation/linking execution performance
improved WebGL2 support - more examples
code size

RFC	Author	Status	Description

v6.2 RFCs

RFC	Author	Status	Description
luma.gl Module Structure	@ibgreen	Draft	Outlines module structure to be used in monorepo transition.
Floating Point Textures in Transforms	@1chandu	Review	Floating Point Texture Support in `Transform` class
WebGL1 Support for Transforms	@1chandu	Review	Use render to texture and float packing to emulate transform feedback under WebGL1

v6.1 RFCs

RFC	Author	Status	Description
Multipass Rendering	@ibgreen	Implemented	Multipass rendering system for postprocessing effects and advanced rendering
New Loaders Module	@ibgreen	Implemented	New loaders.gl submodule collecting framework-agnostic, thread-capable 3D format loaders.

v6.0 RFCs

RFC	Author	Status	Description
Centralize Attribute Management in VertexArray	@ibgreen	Implemented	Move attribute management to `VertexArray`
Portable GLSL 3.00 Shader Modules	@ibgreen	Implemented	"Transpile" GLSL 3.00 to 1.00 and vice versa.
Shader Fragment Injection	@ibgreen	Implemented	Enables short fragments of code to be injected into existing shaders

v5.2 RFCs

RFC	Author	Status	Description
New Transform Class	@1chandu	Implemented	Simpler API for TransformFeedback

v5.0 RFCs

Release Focus: Address any WebGL2 issues from 4.0.

RFC	Author	Status	Description
Break out Math Module	@ibgreen	Implemented	Break out luma.gl math module

v4.0 RFCs

Version 4.0 focused on:

Exposing the complete WebGL2 API
Adding WebGL state management
Shader module support
Completing documentation

v3.0 RFCs

Version 3.0 focused on improving luma.gl documentation