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Don't hold your breath in anticipation of an updated WebGL standard. WebGPU seems to have a lot more support these days and is a bit closer to DX12, Vulkan and Metal in its concepts, so easier to implement in theory.

At this point, I'm not even waiting for a new OpenGL version anymore. The good stuff has been mostly Vulkan exclusive for a while now.

it will hardly come, but most people learning 3D are better suited with modern OpenGL or some middleware built on top of last generation APIs.

With Vulkan Khronos keeps the OpenGL tradition of leaving as rite of passage to learn everything from scratch, while hunting for libraries, because community.

Don't expect Vulkan SDK to provide the confort of Metal Kit, DirectXTK, Playstation PhyreEngine, ....

I guess most WebGL development currently happens in Safari, because Safari is switching from their own WebGL implementation to ANGLE. Other then that, AFAIK there is no "WebGL 2.1" or "WebGL 3" planned.

Yes, compute shaders for WebGL have been cancelled in favor of WebGPU.