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Asked: June 12, 20262026-06-12T17:49:54+00:00 2026-06-12T17:49:54+00:00

WebGL is shader based. In my shaders I can write code like int a

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WebGL is shader based. In my shaders I can write code like

int a = 1;
int b = 2;
int c = a + b;

Is there a way to extract the value of c from shader-land to JavaScript-land?

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    2026-06-12T17:49:55+00:00Added an answer on June 12, 2026 at 5:49 pm

    The output of a WebGL drawing pass is writes to the render target color buffer. You will need to study up on GPGPU programming with OpenGL and WebGL specifically. See this blog post for a discussion on doing GPGPU with WebGL:

    https://mchouza.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/gpgpu-with-webgl-solving-laplaces-equation/

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