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by vunderba 132 days ago
As somebody who just built an online WebGL-based chess web app (2D/3D voice controlled chess game with invisible pieces to practice blindfold), just wanted to chime in and say this is super cool!

Path tracing crushed my Mac M1 - around 8fps, but Rasterization Standard Quality performance was steady at around 30fps.

The camera controls were kind of driving me kind of crazy. I'd recommend adding a "Camera" button that toggles between three or four different views, something like Over the shoulder, Zoomed out, Zoomed In, and Top-Down.

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Thanks for the performance info! More recent Apple chips get much better performance. Also worth trying the Fast quality setting. Great suggestion about default camera positions. I'll add that to the to-do list. Love the idea of a blindfolded chess app with voice control.