It's been a long and somewhat bumpy road to 1.0 release for the Vulkan API. After changing its name from GL Next and missing its initial launch window in 2015, Vulkan has arrived. The API's based ...

At the moment, there is no easy way to test Vulkan versus OpenGL ES 3.1 on Android. My go to 3D engine Unreal Engine does not support the Android-24 API, so while Vulkan is technically supported, I ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=28596975#p28596975:32eshdb1 said: Alfonse[/url]":32eshdb1]When they come up with a decent name for this, one that's ...

Intel showcased the benefits of the Vulkan API during SIGGRAPH 2015 and exemplified its viability as a mainstream alternative to OpenGL. The Stardust graphics demonstration was conducted on an Intel ...

A successor to OpenGL, the open source graphics library that stands as a direct rival to Microsoft’s DirectX 12 library and Apple’s Metal, has been named by The Khronos Group, a consortium of schools ...

Games on devices of all kinds could soon be running better because Vulkan, the successor to OpenGL, has finally been released officially. The new standard gives developers low-level access to discrete ...

One of the biggest expected announcements at SIGGRAPH(Opens in a new window) this week has been delayed: The Kronos Group has yet to release its Vulkan API. Fortunately, Imagination Technologies has ...

AMD’s Mantle 1.0 is indeed dead, but like a Jedi, it looks to have risen in the form of the Kronos Group’s new open standard, cross-platform Vulkan API (but without Obi Wan’s weird blue glow). As I ...

When Vulkan first hit the scene back in 2015, it was all over the place in terms of hardware and software support. Now that more parties have begun implementing and using it, however, things are ...

Intel demonstrated the capabilities of the Vulkan API at the recent SIGGRAPH 2015 event. This weekend it made a video available featuring its Stardust graphics demo running on a Windows machine ...

The Khronos Group announced today Vulkan, its next generation API for high performance 3D graphics and GPU-based computation. Vulkan, previously known as Next Generation OpenGL or just GLnext, is ...