Renderer: Introduce colorBufferType.

examples/webgpu_xr_cubes.html

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 				raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster();
 
-				renderer = new THREE.WebGPURenderer( { antialias: true, forceWebGL: true } );
+				renderer = new THREE.WebGPURenderer( { antialias: true, forceWebGL: true, colorBufferType: THREE.UnsignedByteType } );
 				renderer.setPixelRatio( window.devicePixelRatio );
 				renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
 				renderer.setAnimationLoop( animate );

src/nodes/display/PassNode.js

@@ -546,13 +546,15 @@ class PassNode extends TempNode {
 
 		this.renderTarget.samples = this.options.samples === undefined ? renderer.samples : this.options.samples;
 
-		// Disable MSAA for WebGL backend for now
+		// TODO: Disable MSAA for WebGL backend for now
 		if ( renderer.backend.isWebGLBackend === true ) {
 
 			this.renderTarget.samples = 0;
 
 		}
 
+		this.renderTarget.texture.type = renderer.getColorBufferType();
+
 		return this.scope === PassNode.COLOR ? this.getTextureNode() : this.getLinearDepthNode();
 
 	}

src/renderers/common/Renderer.js

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class Renderer {
 	 * @param {Number} [parameters.samples=0] - When `antialias` is `true`, `4` samples are used by default. This parameter can set to any other integer value than 0
 	 * to overwrite the default.
 	 * @param {Function?} [parameters.getFallback=null] - This callback function can be used to provide a fallback backend, if the primary backend can't be targeted.
+	 * @param {Number} [parameters.colorBufferType=HalfFloatType] - Defines the type of color buffers. The default `HalfFloatType` is recommend for best
+	 * quality. To save memory and bandwidth, `UnsignedByteType` might be used. This will reduce rendering quality though.
 	 */
 	constructor( backend, parameters = {} ) {
 
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ class Renderer {
 			stencil = false,
 			antialias = false,
 			samples = 0,
-			getFallback = null
+			getFallback = null,
+			colorBufferType = HalfFloatType
 		} = parameters;
 
 		/**
@@ -577,6 +580,17 @@ class Renderer {
 		 */
 		this.onDeviceLost = this._onDeviceLost;
 
+		/**
+		 * Defines the type of color buffers. The default `HalfFloatType` is recommend for
+		 * best quality. To save memory and bandwidth, `UnsignedByteType` might be used.
+		 * This will reduce rendering quality though.
+		 *
+		 * @private
+		 * @type {Number}
+		 * @default HalfFloatType
+		 */
+		this._colorBufferType = colorBufferType;
+
 		/**
 		 * Whether the renderer has been initialized or not.
 		 *
@@ -974,6 +988,17 @@ class Renderer {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the color buffer type.
+	 *
+	 * @return {Number} The color buffer type.
+	 */
+	getColorBufferType() {
+
+		return this._colorBufferType;
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Default implementation of the device lost callback.
 	 *
@@ -1128,7 +1153,7 @@ class Renderer {
 			frameBufferTarget = new RenderTarget( width, height, {
 				depthBuffer: depth,
 				stencilBuffer: stencil,
-				type: HalfFloatType, // FloatType
+				type: this._colorBufferType,
 				format: RGBAFormat,
 				colorSpace: LinearSRGBColorSpace,
 				generateMipmaps: false,
@@ -2026,6 +2051,8 @@ class Renderer {
 		this._renderContexts.dispose();
 		this._textures.dispose();
 
+		if ( this._frameBufferTarget !== null ) this._frameBufferTarget.dispose();
+
 		Object.values( this.backend.timestampQueryPool ).forEach( queryPool => {
 
 			if ( queryPool !== null ) queryPool.dispose();

src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPURenderer.Nodes.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import BasicNodeLibrary from './nodes/BasicNodeLibrary.js';
  * This alternative version of {@link WebGPURenderer} only supports node materials.
  * So classes like `MeshBasicMaterial` are not compatible.
  *
+ * @private
  * @augments module:Renderer~Renderer
  */
 class WebGPURenderer extends Renderer {
@@ -20,10 +21,11 @@ class WebGPURenderer extends Renderer {
 	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.depth=true] - Whether the default framebuffer should have a depth buffer or not.
 	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.stencil=false] - Whether the default framebuffer should have a stencil buffer or not.
 	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.antialias=false] - Whether MSAA as the default anti-aliasing should be enabled or not.
-	 * @param {Number} [parameters.samples=0] - When `antialias` is `true`, `4` samples are used by default. Set this parameter to any other integer value than 0
-	 * to overwrite the default.
-	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.forceWebGL=false] - If set to `true`, the renderer uses it
-	 * WebGL 2 backend no matter if WebGPU is supported or not.
+	 * @param {Number} [parameters.samples=0] - When `antialias` is `true`, `4` samples are used by default. Set this parameter to any other integer value than 0 to overwrite the default.
+	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.forceWebGL=false] - If set to `true`, the renderer uses it WebGL 2 backend no matter if WebGPU is supported or not.
+	 * @param {Number} [parameters.outputType=undefined] - Texture type for output to canvas. By default, device's preferred format is used; other formats may incur overhead.
+	 * @param {Number} [parameters.colorBufferType=HalfFloatType] - Defines the type of color buffers. The default `HalfFloatType` is recommend for best
+	 * quality. To save memory and bandwidth, `UnsignedByteType` might be used. This will reduce rendering quality though.
 	 */
 	constructor( parameters = {} ) {
 

src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPURenderer.js

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class WebGPURenderer extends Renderer {
 	 * @param {Number} [parameters.samples=0] - When `antialias` is `true`, `4` samples are used by default. Set this parameter to any other integer value than 0 to overwrite the default.
 	 * @param {Boolean} [parameters.forceWebGL=false] - If set to `true`, the renderer uses a WebGL 2 backend no matter if WebGPU is supported or not.
 	 * @param {Number} [parameters.outputType=undefined] - Texture type for output to canvas. By default, device's preferred format is used; other formats may incur overhead.
+	 * @param {Number} [parameters.colorBufferType=HalfFloatType] - Defines the type of color buffers. The default `HalfFloatType` is recommend for best
+	 * quality. To save memory and bandwidth, `UnsignedByteType` might be used. This will reduce rendering quality though.
 	 */
 	constructor( parameters = {} ) {