Vulkan

The Vulkan Working Group has published, Building a Simple Game Engine, a new in-depth tutorial for developers ready to move beyond the basics and into professional-grade engine development.

Learn more: https://www.khronos.org/blog/new-vulkan-game-engine-tutorial-build-your-own-production-ready-rendering-engine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=fosstodon&utm_campaign=game_engine&=
#vulkan #tutorial #programming #gpu #gameengine

We are excited to share that the session videos and presentation slides from Vulkanised 2026 are now available online!

The full set of technical videos and downloadable slides covering keynotes, deep-dives, case studies, and panel sessions is now ready for the community.

All files linked on the event page: https://vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-2026

Huge thanks to all the speakers, organizers, sponsors, and contributors!
#Vulkan #Vulkanised2026 #API #Graphics #Developer #GPU

Happy birthday Vulkan!

Vulkan has completely revamped the Vulkan subsystem with the release of the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. In this blog, Vulkan Strategy Officer, Tobias Hector, explains how the new extension fundamentally changes how Vulkan applications interact with descriptors. The working group is looking for feedback before making it part of the core specification.

Learn more: https://khr.io/1n6
#vulkan #subsystem #programming #developer #gpu

Today the Vulkan Working Group has released two important updates to the API and ecosystem: an entirely new Descriptor system and the Vulkan Roadmap 2026 Milestone. Initial support for these features is expected in the next Vulkan SDK release planned for Q1 2026.

These new features and more will be discussed at the forthcoming Vulkanised 2026 conference, taking place in San Diego on February 9-11.

https://khr.io/1mj
#vulkan #api #programming #roadmap #gpu

Register now for Vulkanised 2026, the largest event dedicated to developers using the Vulkan API, and bring your questions to be answered by our world-leading panel of experts!

Explore the agenda and register today: https://vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-2026
#vulkan #api #Vulkanised2026 #graphics #developer #programming

Khronos Group Welcomes Lisuan Technology as Contributor Member

Lisuan Technology is a company dedicated to the research and development of graphics rendering GPUs. Founded by leading figures in the GPU industry, it possesses capabilities in large-scale chip R&D, top-level architecture design, software stack design, and mass production. They are interested in #OpenCL, #OpenGL, #OpenGLES, #Vulkan, #WebGL, #SPIR, and #OpenXR.
https://www.lisuantech.com/

Early Bird pricing for Vulkanised 2026 ends on January 18. Register now to attend the largest event dedicated to developers using the Vulkan API. Learn from leading Vulkan experts and gain real-world insights into the latest Vulkan developments, extensions, applications, techniques, technologies, and tools.
https://vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-2026
#Vulkanised2026 #Vulkan #API #graphics #GPU

Newly released VK_EXT_present_timing extension combines two fundamental features:

-The ability to receive timing feedback about previous presentation requests
-The ability to explicitly specify a target presentation time for each request

Learn more: https://khr.io/1m8
#vulkan

The Khronos Group has announced that Shader Execution Reordering in #Vulkan has advanced from a vendor-specific extension to a multi-vendor Vulkan extension, reducing issues with divergence in ray tracing workloads.

Learn more: https://www.khronos.org/blog/boosting-ray-tracing-performance-with-shader-execution-reordering-introducing-vk-ext-ray-tracing-invocation-reorder
#ray #tracing #shader