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Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan

You're reading from Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan Develop a modern rendering engine from first principles to state-of-the-art techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803244792

Length 382 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Vulkan

Concepts

Game Optimization

Authors (2):

Gabriel Sassone

Marco Castorina

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Foundations of a Modern Rendering Engine

2. Chapter 1: Introducing the Raptor Engine and Hydra FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Improving Resources Management

4. Chapter 3: Unlocking Multi-Threading

5. Chapter 4: Implementing a Frame Graph

6. Chapter 5: Unlocking Async Compute

7. Part 2: GPU-Driven Rendering

8. Chapter 6: GPU-Driven Rendering

9. Chapter 7: Rendering Many Lights with Clustered Deferred Rendering

10. Chapter 8: Adding Shadows Using Mesh Shaders

11. Chapter 9: Implementing Variable Rate Shading

12. Chapter 10: Adding Volumetric Fog

13. Part 3: Advanced Rendering Techniques

14. Chapter 11: Temporal Anti-Aliasing

15. Chapter 12: Getting Started with Ray Tracing

16. Chapter 13: Revisiting Shadows with Ray Tracing

17. Chapter 14: Adding Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination with Ray Tracing

18. Chapter 15: Adding Reflections with Ray Tracing

19. Index

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By the end of the chapter you will have a solid understanding of our G-buffer implementation. You will also learn how to implement a state of the art light clustering solution that can handle hundreds of lights.

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Authors (2)

Marco Castorina

Marco Castorina

Marco Castorina first got familiar with Vulkan while working as a driver developer at Samsung. Later he developed a 2D and 3D renderer in Vulkan from scratch for a leading media-server company. He recently joined the games graphics performance team at AMD. In his spare time, he keeps up to date with the latest techniques in real-time graphics.

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Gabriel Sassone

Gabriel Sassone

Gabriel Sassone is a rendering enthusiast currently working as a Principal Rendering Engineer at Multiplayer Group. Previously working for Avalanche Studios, where his first contact with Vulkan happened, where they developed the Vulkan layer for the proprietary Apex Engine and its Google Stadia Port. He previously worked at ReadyAtDawn, Codemasters, FrameStudios, and some non-gaming tech companies. His spare time is filled with music and rendering, gaming, and outdoor activities.

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