Table Of ContentVulkan Cookbook
Work through recipes to unlock the full potential of the next
generation graphics API—Vulkan
Pawel Lapinski
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Vulkan Cookbook
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About the Author
Pawel Lapinski is a graphics software engineer at Intel Corporation. His professional career
started 10 years ago when he and his friends were hired to develop a 3D training/simulation
application using C++, OpenGL, and Cg, which was later improved with added head-
mounted display support and stereoscopic image generation.
Since his studies, Pawel has been interested in 3D graphics and especially in the open
multiplatform OpenGL library. He wrote a diploma about the “Effective usage of vertex
and fragment shaders.” Since then, he has continued to pursue opportunities to work with
3D graphics and expand his knowledge in the field. He had the opportunity to join a team
that was developing one of the biggest CAVE‑like installations at the Polish Gdansk
University of Technology. His responsibility was to prepare 3D visualizations using
Unity3D engine and add stereoscopic image generation and support for motion tracking.
Pawel's whole career has involved working with computer graphics, the OpenGL library,
and shaders. However, some time ago, already as a programmer at Intel, he had the
opportunity to start working with the Vulkan API when he prepared validation tests for the
Vulkan graphics driver. He also prepared a series of tutorials teaching people how to use
Vulkan and now he wants to share more of his knowledge in the form of a Vulkan
Cookbook.
Acknowledgments
This is my first published book and it is a very important moment of my life. That’s why I’d
like to include quite many people in this “special thanks” list.
First and foremost, I want to thank my wife, Agata, my children, and the whole family for
all their love, patience, and continuous support.
I wouldn’t have written this book if Mr. Jacek Kuffel hadn't been my language teacher in
my primary school. He taught me how important our language is and he also taught me
how to express myself with written words. I learned all my love of writing from him.
My affection for 3D graphics programming started during my studies. It started growing
thanks to my thesis supervisor Mariusz Szwoch, Ph.D., and my 3D graphics teacher Jacek
Lebiedz, Ph.D. I’d like to thank them for their support and help. Without them I would not
have started learning OpenGL and, as the next step, the Vulkan API.
Kind regards and a huge thank you to my team here at Intel Poland. I couldn’t have joined
a better team or started working with better people. They are not only specialists at what
they do, but they are all kind, sincere and warmhearted friends. I’d like to thank them for
patiently answering my many questions, for sharing their knowledge. And for the great
atmosphere that they create every day. Special thanks are required to Slawek, Boguslaw,
Adam, Jacek, and to my manager Jan.
And last but not least – the Packt team. I’ve always dreamt about writing a book and they
not only allowed me to do it, but they helped me realize my dreams, showing their support
at every step from the very beginning. Aditi, Murtaza, Nitin, Sachin – You are great. It was
much easier to write this book with you on my side.
About the Reviewer
Chris Forbes works as a software developer for Google, working on Vulkan validation
support and other ecosystem components. Previously he has been involved in
implementing OpenGL 3 and 4 support in open source graphics drivers for Linux
[www.mesa3d.org], as well as rebuilding classic strategy games to run on modern systems
[www.openra.net]. He also served as a technical reviewer on Packt's previous Vulkan title,
Learning Vulkan.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1
Chapter 1: Instance and Devices
8
Introduction 9
Downloading Vulkan's SDK 9
Getting ready 9
How to do it... 9
How it works... 11
See also 11
Enabling validation layers 12
How to do it... 13
How it works... 14
See also 15
Connecting with a Vulkan Loader library 15
How to do it... 16
How it works... 16
See also 17
Preparing for loading Vulkan API functions 17
How to do it... 18
How it works... 20
See also 20
Loading functions exported from a Vulkan Loader library 21
How to do it... 21
How it works... 22
See also 23
Loading global-level functions 23
How to do it... 24
How it works... 24
See also 25
Checking available Instance extensions 26
How to do it... 26
How it works... 27
See also 28
Creating a Vulkan Instance 28
How to do it... 28
