Rendering Google 360 Images with Wavy Lines

Description: Brave renders Google 360 images with wavy lines. Viewing the same Photo Sphere in any other browser, these wavy lines disappear.

How to replicate: Visit this Photo Sphere on Google (Look at the lines, specifically at the vents of the Air Conditioner)

Link: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4360456,-76.5089015,3a,87.7y,294.3h,45.71t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNB4WWVJKW6tn1g5x1e4JCYMKveVaHMeti4Xmc!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNB4WWVJKW6tn1g5x1e4JCYMKveVaHMeti4Xmc%3Dw365-h260-k-no-pi-0-ya20-ro-0-fo100!7i6528!8i3264

Expected Result: Lines should not appear ‘wavy’.

Version:
Version 1.42.97 Chromium: 104.0.5112.102 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Thank you!
-John

An additional example. Look up, see the Zenith lines and the wavy power lines.

On Firefox and Chrome, no issues.

@mjohn,
Thanks for reaching out.
On my end I’m not seeing these wavy lines — tested on both macOS and Windows systems. I’m wondering if you try the same thing while using a Private browsing window if you get the same results?

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Thanks Mattches, I have tried it in Private but I just tried again and made sure I didn’t have any extensions that were allowed in Private mode, I even disabled the Brave Shield. Still see the issues. Here’s a screenshot.

I wonder if it’s a graphics card thing, but then again it works in the other browsers. This is really weird. It’s an NVidia 2060 on a Windows 10 machine in case anyone finds this thread and sees the same issues.

Aha moment, I just checked to see what graphics settings I could change. The problem disappears when I have Settings, System, Use hardware acceleration when available turned ON.

I usually have it off to allow more GPU power to my graphics applications, I seem to remember turning it off for another issue at some point. Either way, with it off, this seems to result in the problem. Edit: Remembered the issue, Brave flickers every now and then with Graphics Accelerator turned on which I remember being a reported issue, the fix was turn off Graphics Accelerator.

Do you see the same if you turn off “Use hardware acceleration when available?”

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@mjohn,
Good sleuthing. Unfortunately HWA has been a tricky issue for us over the years. I personally do not see any bad effects from having HWA enabled but many users do. Typically, turning the setting "off " does not make much different while browsing, but there are some exceptions (such as online gaming or other graphics heavy sites, like what you’re seeing right now).

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