GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR at v2 Ray tracing examples and tutorials using VK_KHR_ray_tracing - GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR at v2

Vulkan Ray Tracing Tutorial V2.0 Released

Complete rewrite with Vulkan 1.4 support, VMA, Slang. Step-by-step tutorial from raster to ray tracing.
15+ specialized tutorials.
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Less than a month before the deadline for Vulkanised submissions passes on Sunday, October 12th. Vulkanised provides a great opportunity to share your work, your ideas, and unique perspectives with your peers in the Vulkan ecosystem.

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#vulkan #api

Is this based off of vulkan.gpuinfo.org? Most desktop hardware can support it, so there may be a lot of reports from older drivers skewing the results.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Vulkanised is coming to San Diego on February 9-11, 2026, and we are pleased to announce the call for submissions is now open until October 12! We are seeking submissions from Vulkan experts eager to share their work.

Learn more: www.vulkan.org/events/vulka...

I did a similar thing in API Dump to reduce compile time by casting T* types to void* before printing because the output logic is identical. With a big API like Vulkan, any savings are helpful.

Physically Based Rendering V4 9.6 Group Read, Fri, Jul 4, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup **Note: this week's meeting is on Friday (or Saturday, depending on your timezone)** This week, we will read 9.6 Roughness Using Microfacet Theory of the PBRT book. Durin

Next week, we will continue reading the PBRT book.

Note that we change the meeting time to Friday (or Saturday, depending on your timezone)

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I just published my new article:
The Secrets of Floating-Point Numbers
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YouTube video by Neil Halloran Defeating a Virus That Killed Half a Billion People – The Plea

What a horror show to have put that man in charge of anything. The documentary is very short and very good. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVZ...

at a seismic fault between the inherent blandness of LLMs and the vitriolic nature of the whims of the patriarchy, there is a confused machine telling anyone who will listen that white genocide is a myth.

YouTube video by Reject Convenience What DeleteMe and Incogni aren't telling you

You ever wonder what's going on with those data deletion services like Incogni or DeleteMe? Well, do I have the 32 minute long deep dive video for you! youtu.be/iX3JT6q3AxA

Me: I'm thinking of writing an interactive blog post on barycentric coordinates. Then I came across this great page with interactive visuals. I guess that's one less blog post to write.

observablehq.com/@infowantsto...

Load-store conflicts meshoptimizer implements several geometry compression algorithms that are designed to take advantage of redundancies common in mesh data and decompress quickly - targeting many gigabytes per second in...

New blog post! "Load store conflicts", in which we look at some performance sensitive code that has surprisingly dramatic performance swings based on the compiler and the microarchitecture used. Reposts appreciated!

zeux.io/2025/05/03/l...

Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.

“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.

Another good one, to the halmarks of a good gfx programmer I would add curiosity, asking why/how things happen/work in a certain way and (optional but very useful) a good eye for visual quality: "Getting Started In Computer Graphics" www.jeremyong.com/graphics/202...

My blog: D3d12info app and online GPU database
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Vulkan on gpuinfo.org Vulkan hardware capability database.

New update for he @vulkan.org #Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer released. This adds in support for several new extensions. Had to postpone the release due to build infrastructure. Linux users might have to install Fuse to get the appimage to work.

Download at: vulkan.gpuinfo.org/download.php

Vulkan: Feedback and testing Hi all, The Vulkan project is getting to a state where we need to validate if it can become an official supported backend (not experimental). Last month effort was spent to make the viewport performa...

@blender3d.bsky.social's Vulkan project needs to validate if it can become an official supported backend (not experimental). Blender is requesting feedback on stability, features not working, and troublesome platforms.

devtalk.blender.org/t/vulkan-fee...

Group Read of "Grass Rendering Series", Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Grass Rendering Series Part 1: Theory](https://hexaquo.at/pages/grass-rendering-series-part-1-theory/) and [Grass Rendering Series Part 2: Full-Geo

This week, we will read about grass rendering blog posts
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

Been there done that!

📢NEW RELEASE!🎉 LunarG drops Vulkan 1.4.309.0 SDKs – their 3rd release in 2025! Download now at vulkan.lunarg.com. Details: khr.io/1ie

" Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research" Group Watch, Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will watch [Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research](https://youtu.be/UxGxsGnbyJ4?si=BtLfo7jgI6lY6XdV) by Matt Keeter. Join our discord server: [https://dis

Next week, we will watch Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research by Matt Keeter
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Oh i know, I’ve hit the “submit appeal” to no apparent effect. I think commenting with zero posts triggered some sort of automatic flagging.

YouTube video by Vulkan Vulkanised 2025: So You Want to Write a Vulkan Renderer in 2025 - Charles Giessen

Honestly surprised by the view count! Did the title tickle the algorithm just right? Regardless I’m happy with the response to my talk and had a blast attending Vulkanised yet again!

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As I’ve heard said in the past, if you want peace, prepare for war.

Vulkanised 2025 - YouTube

Vulkanised 2025 presentation recordings
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This rocks

I'd like to try and articulate my rationale here a little more completely. That requires more space than can fit in a skeet, so here's a 🧵

If you have the strength within you, read the entire thing before responding and don't repost anything but this first post. Context collapse is the issue.

1/n

a slightly grumpy looking tuxedo kitty, lounging in a wood tray filled with straw, with a medal round his neck.

The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.

Only one cat has ever received the award.

This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25