playcanvas · cabanier · May 15, 2026
diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/bind-group-format.js b/src/platform/graphics/bind-group-format.js
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ class BindTextureFormat extends BindBaseFormat {
      * sampler is used, it will take up an additional slot, directly following the texture slot.
      * Defaults to true.
      * @param {string|null} [samplerName] - Optional name of the sampler. Defaults to null.
+     * @param {boolean} [multisampled] - True if the texture binding is multisampled. Defaults to
+     * false.
      */
-    constructor(name, visibility, textureDimension = TEXTUREDIMENSION_2D, sampleType = SAMPLETYPE_FLOAT, hasSampler = true, samplerName = null) {
+    constructor(name, visibility, textureDimension = TEXTUREDIMENSION_2D, sampleType = SAMPLETYPE_FLOAT, hasSampler = true, samplerName = null, multisampled = false) {
         super(name, visibility);
 
         // TEXTUREDIMENSION_***
@@ -147,6 +149,9 @@ class BindTextureFormat extends BindBaseFormat {
 
         // optional name of the sampler (its automatically generated if not provided)
         this.samplerName = samplerName ?? `${name}_sampler`;
+
+        // whether the texture is multisampled
+        this.multisampled = multisampled;
     }
 }
 

diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/shader-definition-utils.js b/src/platform/graphics/shader-definition-utils.js
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ class ShaderDefinitionUtils {
         if (shaderType === 'fragment' && device.supportsPrimitiveIndex) {
             code += 'enable primitive_index;\n';
         }
+        if (device.supportsMultisampledArrayTextures) {
+            code += 'enable multisampled_array_textures;\n';
+        }
         if (device.supportsSubgroups) {
             code += 'enable subgroups;\n';
         }

diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/shader-processor-options.js b/src/platform/graphics/shader-processor-options.js
@@ -22,20 +22,26 @@ class ShaderProcessorOptions {
     /** @type {VertexFormat[]} */
     vertexFormat;
 
+    /** @type {boolean} */
+    viewInstancing = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructs shader processing options, used to process the shader for uniform buffer support.
      *
      * @param {UniformBufferFormat} [viewUniformFormat] - Format of the uniform buffer.
      * @param {BindGroupFormat} [viewBindGroupFormat] - Format of the bind group.
      * @param {VertexFormat} [vertexFormat] - Format of the vertex buffer.
+     * @param {boolean} [viewInstancing] - True to process the shader for WebGPU native view
+     * instancing. Defaults to false.
      */
-    constructor(viewUniformFormat, viewBindGroupFormat, vertexFormat) {
+    constructor(viewUniformFormat, viewBindGroupFormat, vertexFormat, viewInstancing = false) {
 
         // construct a sparse array
         this.uniformFormats[BINDGROUP_VIEW] = viewUniformFormat;
         this.bindGroupFormats[BINDGROUP_VIEW] = viewBindGroupFormat;
 
         this.vertexFormat = vertexFormat;
+        this.viewInstancing = viewInstancing;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,15 +51,25 @@ class ShaderProcessorOptions {
      * @returns {boolean} - Returns true if the uniform exists, false otherwise.
      */
     hasUniform(name) {
+        return !!this.getUniform(name);
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the uniform format for the uniform name.
+     *
+     * @param {string} name - The name of the uniform.
+     * @returns {UniformFormat|undefined} - Returns the uniform format if it exists.
+     */
+    getUniform(name) {
         for (let i = 0; i < this.uniformFormats.length; i++) {
             const uniformFormat = this.uniformFormats[i];
-            if (uniformFormat?.get(name)) {
-                return true;
+            const format = uniformFormat?.get(name) ?? uniformFormat?.get(`${name}[0]`);
+            if (format) {
+                return format;
             }
         }
 
-        return false;
+        return undefined;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,6 +108,7 @@ class ShaderProcessorOptions {
         // WebGPU shaders are processed per vertex format
         if (device.isWebGPU) {
             key += this.vertexFormat?.shaderProcessingHashString;
+            key += `#viewInstancing:${this.viewInstancing ? 1 : 0}`;
         }
 
         return key;

diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-bind-group-format.js b/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-bind-group-format.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class WebgpuBindGroupFormat {
             // texture
             const sampleType = textureFormat.sampleType;
             const viewDimension = textureFormat.textureDimension;
-            const multisampled = false;
+            const multisampled = textureFormat.multisampled;
 
             const gpuSampleType = sampleTypes[sampleType];
             Debug.assert(gpuSampleType);

diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-graphics-device.js b/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-graphics-device.js
@@ -181,6 +181,30 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
      */
     xrColorTextureViewDescriptor = null;
 
+    /**
+     * True when the active XR frame is rendered using WebGPU view instancing into a texture array.
+     *
+     * @type {boolean}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    xrNativeViewInstancing = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Number of XR views rendered by a native view-instanced render pass.
+     *
+     * @type {number}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    xrViewCount = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * View count used to allocate the current WebGPU backbuffer attachments.
+     *
+     * @type {number}
+     * @private
+     */
+    _backBufferViewCount = 1;
+
     /**
      * Per-view XR sub-image entries populated each frame by the WebGPU XR bridge. Each entry
      * describes one XR view: the underlying GPU color texture, the view descriptor that selects the
@@ -200,6 +224,38 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
      */
     xrCurrentViewIndex = -1;
 
+    /**
+     * True when the WebGPU `view-instancing` feature is available on the device.
+     *
+     * @type {boolean}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    supportsViewInstancing = false;
+
+    /**
+     * True when the WebGPU `multisampled-array-textures` feature is available on the device.
+     *
+     * @type {boolean}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    supportsMultisampledArrayTextures = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum view count requested for WebGPU view instancing.
+     *
+     * @type {number}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    maxViewInstanceCount = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * Fixed shader uniform array size for XR stereo views.
+     *
+     * @type {number}
+     * @ignore
+     */
+    maxXrViews = 2;
+
     /**
      * When set, used as the main color attachment in {@link WebgpuGraphicsDevice#frameStart} if there is
      * no XR color texture and no canvas {@link GPUCanvasContext#getCurrentTexture} (for example headless
@@ -285,6 +341,8 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
         this.xrColorTexture = null;
         this.xrColorTextureViewFormat = null;
         this.xrColorTextureViewDescriptor = null;
+        this.xrNativeViewInstancing = false;
+        this.xrViewCount = 1;
         this.xrSubImages.length = 0;
         this.xrCurrentViewIndex = -1;
     }
@@ -405,6 +463,20 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
         this.supportsTextureFormatTier1 ||= this.supportsTextureFormatTier2;
         this.supportsPrimitiveIndex = requireFeature('primitive-index');
         this.supportsSubgroups = requireFeature('subgroups');
+        this.supportsMultisampledArrayTextures = requireFeature('multisampled-array-textures');
+
+        const adapterLimits = this.gpuAdapter?.limits;
+        const maxViewInstanceCount = adapterLimits?.maxViewInstanceCount ?? 1;
+        this.supportsViewInstancing = !bare &&
+            this.gpuAdapter.features.has('view-instancing') &&
+            maxViewInstanceCount >= this.maxXrViews;
+        if (this.supportsViewInstancing) {
+            requiredFeatures.push('view-instancing');
+            this.maxViewInstanceCount = maxViewInstanceCount;
+        } else {
+            this.maxViewInstanceCount = 1;
+        }
+
         this.maxSubgroupSize = this.supportsSubgroups ? (this.gpuAdapter?.info?.subgroupMaxSize ?? 0) : 0;
         this.minSubgroupSize = this.supportsSubgroups ? (this.gpuAdapter?.info?.subgroupMinSize ?? 0) : 0;
         Debug.log(
@@ -428,6 +500,9 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (this.supportsViewInstancing && requiredLimits.maxViewInstanceCount === undefined) {
+            requiredLimits.maxViewInstanceCount = this.maxXrViews;
+        }
 
         /** @type {GPUDeviceDescriptor} */
         const deviceDescr = {
@@ -591,9 +666,15 @@ class WebgpuGraphicsDevice extends GraphicsDevice {
         // Reallocate framebuffer if dimensions change, to match the output texture. For WebXR
         // WebGPU projection color targets that are 2d-array textures, width/height are the per-layer
         // extent (same for every view), which matches what the render pass and internal depth need.
-        if (this.backBufferSize.x !== outColorBuffer.width || this.backBufferSize.y !== outColorBuffer.height) {
+        const viewCount = this.xrNativeViewInstancing ? this.xrViewCount : 1;
+        if (
+            this.backBufferSize.x !== outColorBuffer.width ||
+            this.backBufferSize.y !== outColorBuffer.height ||
+            this._backBufferViewCount !== viewCount
+        ) {
 
             this.backBufferSize.set(outColorBuffer.width, outColorBuffer.height);
+            this._backBufferViewCount = viewCount;
 
             this.backBuffer.destroy();
             this.backBuffer = null;

diff --git a/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-render-target.js b/src/platform/graphics/webgpu/webgpu-render-target.js
@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param {WebgpuGraphicsDevice} device - The graphics device.
+     * @returns {number} Number of array layers rendered by a native view-instanced backbuffer pass.
+     * @private
+     */
+    getViewCount(device) {
+        return this.isBackbuffer && device.xrNativeViewInstancing ? device.xrViewCount : 1;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initialize render target for rendering one time.
      *
@@ -277,6 +286,13 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
 
         this.updateKey();
 
+        const viewCount = this.getViewCount(device);
+        if (viewCount > 1) {
+            this.renderPassDescriptor.viewCount = viewCount;
+        } else {
+            delete this.renderPassDescriptor.viewCount;
+        }
+
         this.initialized = true;
 
         WebgpuDebug.end(device, 'RenderTarget initialization', { renderTarget });
@@ -286,6 +302,12 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
     initDepthStencil(device, wgpu, renderTarget) {
 
         const { samples, width, height, depth, depthBuffer } = renderTarget;
+        const viewCount = this.getViewCount(device);
+        const viewDesc = viewCount > 1 ? {
+            dimension: '2d-array',
+            baseArrayLayer: 0,
+            arrayLayerCount: viewCount
+        } : undefined;
 
         // depth buffer that we render to (single or multi-sampled). We don't create resolve
         // depth buffer as we don't currently resolve it. This might need to change in the future.
@@ -302,7 +324,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
 
                 /** @type {GPUTextureDescriptor} */
                 const depthTextureDesc = {
-                    size: [width, height, 1],
+                    size: [width, height, viewCount],
                     dimension: '2d',
                     sampleCount: samples,
                     format: this.depthAttachment.format,
@@ -325,7 +347,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
                 this.depthAttachment.depthTexture = depthTexture;
                 this.depthAttachment.depthTextureInternal = true;
 
-                renderingView = depthTexture.createView();
+                renderingView = depthTexture.createView(viewDesc);
                 DebugHelper.setLabel(renderingView, `${renderTarget.name}.autoDepthView`);
 
             } else {  // use provided depth buffer
@@ -341,7 +363,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
                     this.depthAttachment.hasStencil = depthFormat === 'depth24plus-stencil8';
 
                     // key for matching multi-sampled depth buffer
-                    const key = `${depthBuffer.id}:${width}:${height}:${samples}:${depthFormat}`;
+                    const key = `${depthBuffer.id}:${width}:${height}:${viewCount}:${samples}:${depthFormat}`;
 
                     // check if we have already allocated a multi-sampled depth buffer for the depth buffer
                     const msTextures = getMultisampledTextureCache(device);
@@ -350,7 +372,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
 
                         /** @type {GPUTextureDescriptor} */
                         const multisampledDepthDesc = {
-                            size: [width, height, 1],
+                            size: [width, height, viewCount],
                             dimension: '2d',
                             sampleCount: samples,
                             format: depthFormat,
@@ -370,7 +392,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
                     this.depthAttachment.multisampledDepthBuffer = msDepthTexture;
                     this.depthAttachment.multisampledDepthBufferKey = key;
 
-                    renderingView = msDepthTexture.createView();
+                    renderingView = msDepthTexture.createView(viewDesc);
                     DebugHelper.setLabel(renderingView, `${renderTarget.name}.multisampledDepthView`);
 
                 } else {
@@ -379,7 +401,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
                     const depthTexture = depthBuffer.impl.gpuTexture;
                     this.depthAttachment.depthTexture = depthTexture;
 
-                    renderingView = depthTexture.createView();
+                    renderingView = depthTexture.createView(viewDesc);
                     DebugHelper.setLabel(renderingView, `${renderTarget.name}.depthView`);
                 }
             }
@@ -409,6 +431,12 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
 
         const { samples, width, height, mipLevel } = renderTarget;
         const colorBuffer = renderTarget.getColorBuffer(index);
+        const viewCount = this.getViewCount(device);
+        const viewDesc = viewCount > 1 ? {
+            dimension: '2d-array',
+            baseArrayLayer: 0,
+            arrayLayerCount: viewCount
+        } : undefined;
 
         // view used to write to the color buffer (either by rendering to it, or resolving to it)
         let colorView = null;
@@ -446,7 +474,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
 
             /** @type {GPUTextureDescriptor} */
             const multisampledTextureDesc = {
-                size: [width, height, 1],
+                size: [width, height, viewCount],
                 dimension: '2d',
                 sampleCount: samples,
                 format: format,
@@ -458,7 +486,7 @@ class WebgpuRenderTarget {
             DebugHelper.setLabel(multisampledColorBuffer, `${renderTarget.name}.multisampledColor`);
             this.setColorAttachment(index, multisampledColorBuffer, multisampledTextureDesc.format);
 
-            colorAttachment.view = multisampledColorBuffer.createView();
+            colorAttachment.view = multisampledColorBuffer.createView(viewDesc);
             DebugHelper.setLabel(colorAttachment.view, `${renderTarget.name}.multisampledColorView`);
 
             colorAttachment.resolveTarget = colorView;