Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan

Develop a modern rendering engine from first principles to state-of-the-art techniques
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Vulkan is now an established and flexible multi-platform graphics API. It has been adopted in many industries, including game development, medical imaging, movie productions, and media playback but learning it can be a daunting challenge due to its low-level, complex nature. Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan is designed to help you overcome this difficulty, providing a practical approach to learning one of the most advanced graphics APIs. In Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan, you’ll focus on building a high-performance rendering engine from the ground up. You’ll explore Vulkan’s advanced features, such as pipeline layouts, resource barriers, and GPU-driven rendering, to automate tedious tasks and create efficient workflows. Additionally, you'll delve into cutting-edge techniques like mesh shaders and real-time ray tracing, elevating your graphics programming to the next level. By the end of this book, you’ll have a thorough understanding of modern rendering engines to confidently handle large-scale projects. Whether you're developing games, simulations, or visual effects, this guide will equip you with the skills and knowledge to harness Vulkan’s full potential.
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781803230207
Length: 382 pages
Edition: 1
Published: February 10, 2023
Author: Marco Castorina and Gabriel Sassone
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Foundations of a Modern Rendering Engine
  • Chapter 1: Introducing the Raptor Engine and Hydra
  • Chapter 2: Improving Resources Management
  • Chapter 3: Unlocking Multi-Threading
  • Chapter 4: Implementing a Frame Graph
  • Chapter 5: Unlocking Async Compute
  • Part 2: GPU-Driven Rendering
  • Chapter 6: GPU-Driven Rendering
  • Chapter 7: Rendering Many Lights with Clustered Deferred Rendering
  • Chapter 8: Adding Shadows Using Mesh Shaders
  • Chapter 9: Implementing Variable Rate Shading
  • Chapter 10: Adding Volumetric Fog
  • Part 3: Advanced Rendering Techniques
  • Chapter 11: Temporal Anti-Aliasing
  • Chapter 12: Getting Started with Ray Tracing
  • Chapter 13: Revisiting Shadows with Ray Tracing
  • Chapter 14: Adding Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination with Ray Tracing
  • Chapter 15: Adding Reflections with Ray Tracing
  • Index
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From basics to breathtaking visuals — your next step in Vulkan mastery.

Key Benefits

  • Use a pre-built "Raptor" engine to abstract tedious aspects like file systems, memory allocation, and utility functions
  • Delve into advanced graphics programming by taking advantage of Vulkan's cutting-edge features, including mesh shaders and ray tracing
  • Optimize your engine without reinventing the wheel
  • Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

What You'll Learn

  • Understand resources management and modern bindless techniques
  • Get comfortable with how a frame graph works and know its advantages
  • Explore how to render efficiently with many light sources
  • Discover how to integrate variable rate shading
  • Understand the benefits and limitations of temporal anti-aliasing
  • Get to grips with how GPU-driven rendering works
  • Explore and leverage ray tracing to improve render quality

Audience

This book is for professional graphics and game developers who want to gain in-depth knowledge about how to write a modern and performant rendering engine in Vulkan. Familiarity with basic concepts of graphics programming (i.e. matrices, vectors, etc.) and fundamental knowledge of Vulkan are required.

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