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The Modern Vulkan Cookbook
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The Modern Vulkan Cookbook
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Overview of this book
Vulkan is a graphics API that gives the program total control of the GPU, allowing the GPU to be used to its full potential. This cookbook will uncover useful techniques for emerging new technologies, such as hybrid rendering, extended reality – mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) – and GPU-driven rendering, and even features a dedicated chapter to help you debug and profile your graphics applications with tips and tricks tested in real-world scenarios.
The book starts by explaining basic Vulkan concepts while guiding you through the implementation of a basic graphics engine. The building blocks presented in the first few chapters will then help you implement more advanced techniques and algorithms, while getting you acquainted with the inner workings of Vulkan. Gradually, you’ll discover how Vulkan can be used to build hybrid renderers as well as leveraged for the future of graphics with AR/VR/MR. Moreover, you’ll gain an understanding of how it can be debugged or measured for performance.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well versed in how to use Vulkan to write graphics applications and how graphics algorithms are implemented using Vulkan.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Chapter 1: Vulkan Core Concepts
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Chapter 2: Working with Modern Vulkan
Chapter 3: Implementing GPU-Driven Rendering
Chapter 4: Exploring Techniques for Lighting, Shading, and Shadows
Chapter 5: Deciphering Order-Independent Transparency
Chapter 6: Anti-Aliasing Techniques
Chapter 7: Ray Tracing and Hybrid Rendering
Chapter 8: Extended Reality with OpenXR
Chapter 9: Debugging and Performance Measurement Techniques
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