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Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by otabdeveloper1 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:27AM (#10425230)
It locks up my browser and takes 20 seconds to render one frame. (I guess that would be 0.05 FPS.)

So: no, not really impressive. Feels like a regression, actually.

(At least the mobile devices of 2015 managed to do 3D acceleration properly. Too bad that desktop never caught up and that the mobile landscape formed by accident due to commoditization, not due to an understanding of open standards.)

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by bonif on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @03:49PM (#10428132)
Out of curiosity, I tried it on a 5K Imac (i5 cpu)

http://imgur.com/zmSOfPK

with other 25 chrome windows(god knows how many tabs), one showing live tv

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by sirival on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:30AM (#10425250)
What device are you testing this on?
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by jbrooksuk on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:34AM (#10425661)
A potato.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by Roonio on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @11:08AM (#10425934)
Ive got it running on a slice of bread here - looks great!
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by otabdeveloper1 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:56AM (#10425405)
A Linux machine with an "Intel Integrated Graphics Controller".

I doubt an equivalent Windows machine would fare better.

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by jaegerpicker on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:43AM (#10425736)
It rendered smoothly for me on a macbook pro running MacOS 10.11, iPhone 6Plus with iOS 9, A Virtual Box running Kali Linux, and a Virtual Box running windows 10. I'd say the issue is with you machine/setup.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by zero_iq on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:46AM (#10425761)
I think you have a driver problem. Absolutely fine here on Linux Mint with intel integrated graphics.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by zxexz on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:39AM (#10425703)
Huh. It's running perfectly fine on my 2009-era thinkpad x201 (i5 with Intel integrated graphics...) Are you using the Intel driver, with mesa-libgl?

I'm viewing it in Firefox on Arch linux.

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by Mikeb85 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @12:02PM (#10426351)
Must be a driver issue or very, very old Intel graphics. It works fine on Chrome/Android, and usually my Intel HD4000 on Linux/Chrome renders WebGL many times quicker than this phone...
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by vidarh on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:48AM (#10425777)
Rendered just fine for me.

Linux machine with i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz and i915 integrated graphics, running Chrome.

If it's as slow as you say, it sounds like you're getting software rendering.

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by fulafel on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @12:26PM (#10426527)
Software rendering is ~20x faster, or 1 fps.

(If you are on Mesa drivers you can try it with env LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 firefox http://car.playcanvas.com/)

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by cbd1984 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @02:37PM (#10427544)
Huh. I'm running it on a Linux machine with a Core i5 (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210M CPU @ 2.60GHz according to /proc/cpuinfo), and it's a bit CPU-intensive (it makes my laptop's fan kick into gear) but it's smooth and responsive and everything obviously works the way it's supposed to. Doesn't even come close to eating a gig of RAM, out of the eight I have.

Firefox 41.0.2 on Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (3.19.0-31-generic), on a LinuxCertified.com LC2430E. (Good laptop. No Microsoft tax. Yes, that is a blatant plug. So's this WebGL demo.)

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by bitdivision on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:36AM (#10425680)
This renders fine on my Linux machine with integrated graphics (chromium).

An occasional hanging frame, but nothing serious.

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by dTal on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @06:39PM (#10429300)
2007 Thinkpad X61T here (Intel GMA 950, Core2Duo 1.6 GHz) running Linux Mint. Works about 5-8 fps (at SXGA+ resolution no less), fast enough to be enjoyable.

I reckon this is quite RAM-intensive, at least a few hundred megabytes, which might be leading to problems for some people.

Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by acqq on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @11:24AM (#10426063)
I can confirm that the machine from 2008 with the Intel Integrated Graphics 965 really doesn't work. This stuff obviously needs the newer technology. If your machine is more recent, then the problem could be the drivers.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by ksml on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @12:04PM (#10426368)
For what it's worth, it's working pretty smoothly on my Nexus 5. Maybe it depends on some hardware acceleration that only newer (but not necessarily high-end) GPUs have
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by 212d1d on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @03:20PM (#10427891)
Rendered perfect for me. 2009 HP computer here.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by ninjakeyboard on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @06:44PM (#10429336)
Runs fine on my Xeon Goobuntu workstation. Not really usable on macbook air.
Re:BMW i8 in WebGL by tim333 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @07:39PM (#10429614)
Runs fine on my air. Fan whirs a bit.