This course on Vulkan aims to teach learners the fundamentals of Vulkan API for real-time rendering. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand Vulkan essentials, swap chains, resources & descriptors, commands, pipelines, real-time ray tracing, meshlet bounds, synchronization, and teaching modern low-level APIs. The course employs a workshop-style teaching method with lectures, workshops, and code available on GitHub. It is intended for individuals interested in graphics programming, game development, or computer science students looking to delve into low-level graphics APIs.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction to Vulkan | Algorithms for Real-Time Rendering Lecture, Summer Term 2020.
Vulkan Workshop Part 1 | Code available on GitHub.
Vulkan Workshop Part 2 | Code available on GitHub.
Vulkan Workshop Part 3 | Code available on GitHub.
Vulkan Essentials | "First Steps as Vulkan Developer" | Vulkan Lecture Series, Episode 1 | ECG 2021.
Swap Chain | "Presentation Modes and Swap Chain Setup in Vulkan" | Vulkan Lecture Series, Episode 2.
Resources & Descriptors | "Use Buffers and Images in Vulkan Shaders" | Vulkan Lecture Series, Ep. 3.
Commands and Command Buffers | "Submit Work to a Device/GPU" | Vulkan Lecture Series, Episode 4.
Pipelines and Stages | "Inside Graphics, Compute, Ray Tracing Pipes" | Vulkan Lecture Series, Ep. 5.
Real-Time Ray Tracing | "RTX ON in Vulkan" | Vulkan Lecture Series Ep. 6, Real-Time Rendering Course.
Conservative Meshlet Bounds for Robust Culling of Skinned Meshes | Pacific Graphics 2021.
Vulkan Synchronization | "Understand Fences, Semaphores, Barriers,..." | Vulkan Lecture Series Ep. 7.
The Road to Vulkan: Teaching Modern Low-Level APIs in Introductory Graphics Courses | EG 2022, Reims.
Taught by
Computer Graphics at TU Wien
