NVIDIA announce 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan
NVIDIA has put out what they call 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan. Looks like it's under a BSD-style license too.
Category: Vulkan
ARK: Survival Evolved plans to use Vulkan for Linux this year
After another Linux site listed ARK in their top games list, the ARK Twitter account tweeted out publicly to let everyone know that ARK: Survival Evolved will move to Vulkan for Linux.
Editorial: The Nintendo Switch will use Vulkan, why that doesn't suddenly mean more Linux ports
The news doing the rounds right now is that the Nintendo Switch, the new gaming device from Nintendo will use Vulkan. People are getting rather excited and thinking it will mean more Linux ports, but right now it won't.
EGOSOFT planning two new space simulation games, 'X Rebirth VR Edition' using Vulkan and also X4
EGOSOFT, who became pretty Linux-friendly in recent times are working on two new space simulation games! X Rebirth VR Edition will use Vulkan and they are starting to plan X4.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan reaches another milestone
The developer of VK9, the project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan, emailed in to let me know they have hit another milestone.
Unity 5.6 beta with Vulkan is now available
Unity 5.6 beta is now available and it brings Vulkan into the main builds of the Unity engine, exciting times!
The Talos Principle stable build updated, includes the latest improvements for Vulkan (updated)
Croteam have updated The Talos Principle today to move the last beta build over to the stable release.
The next driver release from NVIDIA will support using Vulkan without needing the X11 on Linux
It seems NVIDIA are preparing a new driver update that will enable the use of Vulkan without needing X11.
Edge Of Eternity, a beautiful indie tribute to J-RPG classics is waiting on Unity & Vulkan
Edge Of Eternity is a really fantastic looking indie tribute to the J-RPG classics and the developers have confirmed Linux will not see a release until Vulkan is stable in Unity.
Hardware maker 'Razer' has joined The Khronos Group to back open standards
This isn't exactly surprising, but Razer have joined The Khronos Group to back open standards. While not surprising, it's still awesome news.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan continues to improve
VK9, formerly known as 'SchaeferGL' is an open source project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' continues improving at a rapid pace
As always, I am massively impressed with the progress the Mesa developers have made. The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' has continued to evolve recently.
The Vulkan API spec has been updated again, now at its 34th revision since release
Is Vulkan going to be the saviour of Linux gaming? I have no idea, but the spec is being updated regularly to solve all sorts of issues. It's now on it's 34th revision since release.
Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver
Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.
The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more
The Talos Principle is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.
Steam Dev Days 2016 videos are now up, something to watch over the weekend
The recent Steam Dev Days 2016 now has videos of the talks available, so it could be something interesting for you to watch over the weekend.
Unity working towards more multithreading and better Vulkan support soon
Unity is currently doing their Unite 2016 event, and they have talked a bit about more multithreading and enhanced Vulkan support which will come soon.
Mesa 13 released, featuring OpenGL 4.5 for all vendors and AMD gains Vulkan
This release is a bit massive when it comes to actually looking at the features. Everything we have been hyped about recently is now in the stable release.
Feral Interactive's Linux ports may come with Vulkan sooner than we thought (UPDATED)
I didn't expect this so soon, but it looks like early next year we may have a Linux port from Feral Interactive that uses Vulkan. UPDATED with the actual full quote.
'Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope' will support Linux as soon as possible
Good news Croteam and Serious Sam fans, as 'Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope' will come to Linux as soon as it's possible to do so.
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