Add support for Texture Buffer Objects (TBOs)

[RandomGamingDev]

Increasing access

This would allow for more complex shaders which require more data while still making it possible to run them in realistic amounts of time. It would also help to introduce p5.js users to GPU based computing, which would be a great step forward for helping to develop the WebGL knowledge of beginners. For instance, high resolution voxel terrain which could use the increased amount of data transferring that TBOs allow for.

Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?

• Accessibility
• Color
• Core/Environment/Rendering
• Data
• DOM
• Events
• Image
• IO
• Math
• Typography
• Utilities
• WebGL
• Build process
• Unit testing
• Internationalization
• Friendly errors
• Other (specify if possible)

Feature request details

Create an official function that acts similarly to setUniform(), but offers more control over TBO specifics (e.g. texture type).

Similar to #7309

[Vaivaswat2244]

Hey I'm interested in working on this. The idea of adding more control over texture buffer objects seems really useful, especially for projects that need to handle larger datasets in shaders.
I've been looking at how we could extend the current setUniform() functionality to give users more control over texture types and formats.
Would love to help implement this - has anyone already started working on it?
@davepagurek can you please guide on this
I was thinking about an implementation with

gl.texBuffer(gl.TEXTURE_BUFFER, options.format, buffer);
const location = gl.getUniformLocation(program, name);
gl.uniform1i(location, options.textureUnit);