WebGPU: Clip Distances

Category: Graphics
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 131)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Adds the optional GPU feature "clip-distances" that allows setting user-defined clip distances in vertex shader outputs. This technique is particularly useful for the applications that need to clip all vertices in a scene that are beyond a user-defined plane, such as many CAD applications.

Motivation

Adds the optional GPU feature "clip-distances" that allows setting user-defined clip distances in vertex shader outputs. This technique is particularly useful for the applications that need to clip all vertices in a scene that are beyond a user-defined plane, such as many CAD applications.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/#dom-gpufeaturename-clip-distances
Firefox: No signal — Mozilla members have approved https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/pull/4588 and requested during weekly standardization meetings that we postpone filing standard positions until we reach Candidate Recommendation (CR) status in Q4
Safari: Closed Without a Position
Web developers: Positive
Tracking bug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/358408571

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