What’s the new alternative to largeBlob?
Asked on 07/31/2024
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The new alternative to largeBlob
is the low level mesh API. This API allows for improved memory efficiency by providing more control over how vertex data is arranged and updated. You can use multiple Metal buffers for vertex data, update vertex and index buffers with minimal overhead, and even back updates with GPU compute.
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