This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2021.
The WEBGL_color_buffer_float extension is part of the WebGL API and adds the ability to render to 32-bit floating-point color buffers.
WebGL extensions are available using the WebGLRenderingContext.getExtension() method. For more information, see also Using Extensions in the WebGL tutorial.
Note: This extension is available to WebGL 1 contexts only. For WebGL 2, use the EXT_color_buffer_float extension.
The OES_texture_float extension implicitly enables this extension.
ext.RGBA32F_EXTRGBA 32-bit floating-point color-renderable format.
ext.RGB32F_EXT ( Deprecated )RGB 32-bit floating-point color-renderable format.
ext.FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COMPONENT_TYPE_EXT?
ext.UNSIGNED_NORMALIZED_EXT?
This extension extends WebGLRenderingContext.renderbufferStorage():
internalformat parameter now accepts ext.RGBA32F_EXT and ext.RGB32F_EXT ( Deprecated ).const ext = gl.getExtension("WEBGL_color_buffer_float");
gl.renderbufferStorage(gl.RENDERBUFFER, ext.RGBA32F_EXT, 256, 256);
| Specification |
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| WebGL WEBGL_color_buffer_float Extension Specification> |
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
WEBGL_color_buffer_float |
63 | 17 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 63 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 8.0 | 63 | 15 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_color_buffer_float