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• Introduction

• Overview

• Development environment

• Drawing a triangle

  • Setup

    • Base Code

    • Instance

    • Validation layers

    • Physical devices and queue families

    • Logical device and queues

  • Presentation

    • Window surface

    • Swap chain

    • Image views

  • Graphics pipeline basics

    • Introduction

    • Shader modules

    • Fixed functions

    • Render passes

    • Conclusion

  • Drawing

    • Framebuffers

    • Command buffers

    • Rendering and presentation

    • Frames in flight

  • Swap chain recreation

• Vertex buffers

  • Vertex input description

  • Vertex buffer creation

  • Staging buffer

  • Index buffer

• Uniform buffers

  • Descriptor layout and buffer

  • Descriptor pool and sets

• Texture mapping

  • Images

  • Image view and sampler

  • Combined image sampler

• Depth buffering

• Loading models

• Generating Mipmaps

• Multisampling

• Compute Shader

• Ecosystem Utilities and GPU Compatibility

• Vulkan Profiles

• Android

• Migrating to Modern Asset Formats: glTF and KTX2

• Rendering Multiple Objects

• Multithreading

• Ray Tracing

  • Overview

  • Dynamic rendering

  • Acceleration structures

  • Ray query shadows

  • TLAS animation

  • Shadow transparency

  • Reflections

  • Conclusion

• FAQ

• GitHub Repository

• Building a Simple Engine

  • Introduction

  • Engine Architecture

    • Introduction

    • Architectural patterns

    • Component systems

    • Resource management

    • Rendering pipeline

    • Event systems

    • Conclusion

  • Camera Transformations

    • Introduction

    • Math foundations

    • Transformation matrices

    • Camera implementation

    • Vulkan integration

    • Conclusion

  • Lighting & Materials

    • Introduction

    • Lighting models

    • Push constants

    • Lighting implementation

    • Vulkan integration

    • Shadows

    • Conclusion

  • GUI

    • Introduction

    • ImGui setup

    • Input handling

    • UI elements

    • Vulkan integration

    • Conclusion

  • Loading Models

    • Introduction

    • Project setup

    • Model system

    • Loading glTF

    • PBR rendering

    • Multiple objects

    • Scene rendering

    • Animations

    • Conclusion

  • Subsystems

    • Introduction

    • Audio basics

    • Vulkan audio

    • Physics basics

    • Vulkan physics

    • Conclusion

  • Tooling

    • Introduction

    • CI/CD

    • Debugging & RenderDoc

    • Crash minidumps

    • Extensions

    • Packaging & distribution

    • Conclusion

  • Mobile Development

    • Introduction

    • Platform considerations

    • Performance optimizations

    • Rendering approaches

    • Vulkan extensions

    • Conclusion

  • Advanced Topics

    • Introduction

    • Rendering pipeline overview

    • Forward vs Forward+ vs Deferred

    • Forward+ rendering

    • Culling

    • Mipmaps & LOD

    • Push constants per object

    • Synchronization & streaming

    • Synchronization2 & frame pacing

    • Descriptor indexing (UpdateAfterBind)

    • Separate image/sampler descriptors

    • Shader tile image

    • glTF animation

    • Planar reflections

    • Ray query rendering

    • Ray query: reflections & transparency

    • Dynamic rendering local read

    • Robustness2

  • Appendix

    • Appendix

• OpenXR and Vulkan 1.4 Spatial Computing

  • Introduction

  • The OpenXR-Vulkan 1.4 Handshake

    • Introduction

    • System Integration

    • Hardware Alignment (LUID)

    • Vulkan 1.4 Feature Requirements

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Runtime-Owned Swapchains

    • Introduction

    • External Image Negotiation

    • RAII Resource Integration

    • Memory Ownership Lifecycle

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Dynamic Rendering for Spatial Views

    • Introduction

    • Rendering into Spatial Swapchains

    • Stereo Viewport & Scissor Management

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • The Predictive Frame Loop

    • Introduction

    • The XR Lifecycle

    • Display Time Prediction

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Late Latching

    • Introduction

    • The Last-Second Update

    • Implementation

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Action Spaces and Input

    • Introduction

    • The OpenXR Action System

    • Space Manifolds

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Slang for Spatial Shaders

    • Introduction

    • Native Multiview (N=2)

    • Slang Architecture

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Quad-Views and Foveated Rendering

    • Introduction

    • Primary Stereo with Insets

    • Multi-Layer Composition

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Variable Rate Shading

    • Introduction

    • Fragment Density Control

    • Gaze-Driven Logic

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Canted Displays

    • Introduction

    • Non-Parallel Projections

    • Viewport Swizzling

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • CAVE Architecture

    • Introduction

    • Projector-Based Spatial Tech

    • Hardware Sync

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Warp and Blend

    • Introduction

    • Geometric Correction

    • Post-Process Warping

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • LightField Theory

    • Introduction

    • 4D LightField Representation

    • High-Density View Arrays

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Plenoptic Synthesis

    • Introduction

    • Synthesis Shaders

    • Ray Traced Synthesis

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Scene Understanding

    • Introduction

    • Environmental Ingestion

    • Zero-Copy Hand-off

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • ML Inference for Spatial Data

    • Introduction

    • On-GPU Inference

    • Refining Spatial Data

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Semantic Occlusion

    • Introduction

    • ML-Driven Segmentation

    • Per-Pixel Masking

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Platform Divergence

    • Introduction

    • Desktop High-End

    • Mobile Mastery

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Spatial Diagnostics

    • Introduction

    • Spatial Debugging

    • Automated QA

    • Incorporating into the Engine

  • Conclusion