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2025-11-09

Deep dive: how the four Volume Shader presets work

Understand the four built-in Volume Shader presets through ray marching, density fields, 2D noise, 3D clouds, fractals, and WebGL performance tradeoffs.

Deep dive: how the four Volume Shader presets work

Understand the four built-in Volume Shader presets through ray marching, density fields, 2D noise, 3D clouds, fractals, and WebGL performance tradeoffs.

Getting started with volume shaders: a beginner guide

Learn the core idea behind volume shaders: ray marching, density sampling, noise fields, color accumulation, and how to start experimenting in WebGL.

Port Shadertoy volume shaders to WebGL2

Port Shadertoy volume shaders to WebGL2 by mapping uniforms, fixing GLSL ES 3.00 syntax, and tuning ray marching for stable editor previews.

WebGL2 volume shader performance budget: ray steps, DPR, and early exit

Use a practical WebGL2 volume shader performance budget to tune ray steps, DPR, early exit, and frame time before a shader becomes unstable.

GPU benchmark guide: from scores to real WebGL performance

Learn how to interpret GPU benchmark scores, frame time, browser WebGL performance, VRAM, thermals, and value when choosing hardware for shader work.

GPU performance testing guide for Volume Shader workloads

Learn how the Volume Shader GPU test scales ray steps, iterations, and frame-time pressure across five complexity levels for realistic WebGL benchmarking.

Volume Shader editor guide: write, preview, and share GLSL

A practical guide to using the Volume Shader editor: presets, GLSL ES 3.0, uniforms, live preview, sharing URLs, and performance-minded editing.

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