February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
8h 14m
English
Overview
Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan is your guide to mastering Vulkan and building a highly optimized modern rendering engine. You'll start with the foundations of Vulkan's low-level concepts and quickly progress to advanced features like ray tracing and GPU-driven rendering. This book provides a step-by-step approach to building a state-of-the-art engine.
What this Book will help me do
- Learn how to efficiently manage resources and use modern bindless techniques.
- Understand frame graphs and how they optimize rendering pipelines.
- Implement effective rendering of complex scenes with multiple light sources.
- Integrate advanced features like ray tracing and variable rate shading for enhanced effects.
- Master anti-aliasing and other techniques to achieve high-quality rendering.
Author(s)
Marco Castorina and Gabriel Sassone are seasoned graphics developers with extensive experience in Vulkan-based programming. They have worked on advanced rendering technologies and bring practical industry knowledge into their writing. Their approach focuses on clear explanations and practical applications, aiming to demystify the complexities of Vulkan.
Who is it for?
This book is ideal for professional graphics programmers and game developers looking to deepen their understanding of Vulkan and modern graphics engine design. It assumes a solid foundation in basic graphics programming concepts and familiarity with fundamental Vulkan workings. If you're aiming to develop high-performance, state-of-the-art rendering solutions, this book is an excellent resource.
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