Martin-Karl
LightNews LightNews
banner
doragonhanta.bsky.social
Martin-Karl
@doragonhanta.bsky.social
66 followers 36 following 6 posts
Graphics engineer with deep experience from IrisGL to Vulkan. NVIDIA DevTech Engineer specializing in real-time rendering, Vulkan, and ray tracing. Focused on efficient graphics samples, optimizing shaders, and bridging the gap between code and pixel.
Posts Replies Media Videos
doragonhanta.bsky.social
Excited to share the latest news on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) in Vulkan!

Check out the full blog post for deep technical details, best practices:

www.khronos.org/blog/boostin...

#Vulkan #RayTracing #GPUProgramming #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev
Boosting Ray Tracing Performance with Shader Execution Reordering: Introducing VK_EXT_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder
Today, we’re excited to share that Shader Execution Reordering in Vulkan has advanced from a vendor-specific extension, VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder, to a multi-vendor Vulkan extension, VK_EXT...
www.khronos.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Martin-Karl
pixeljetstream.bsky.social
Major Update to vk_gaussian_splatting sample by Jean-Eudes Marvie
-Unscented transforms allow proper fisheye effect
-SPZ file format support
And more

#vulkan #3dgs

github.com/nvpro-sample...
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
doragonhanta.bsky.social
The 16_ray_query tutorial is out!

Learn Monte Carlo path tracing with Vulkan's ray query extension in compute shaders, an alternative to traditional RT pipelines.

Bonus sections:
• Shadow terminator
• Shading normal

github.com/nvpro-sample...
vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR/raytrace_tutorial at v2 · nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR
Ray tracing examples and tutorials using VK_KHR_ray_tracing - nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR
github.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
doragonhanta.bsky.social
Vulkan Ray Tracing Tutorial V2.0 Released

Complete rewrite with Vulkan 1.4 support, VMA, Slang. Step-by-step tutorial from raster to ray tracing.
15+ specialized tutorials.
Get started: github.com/nvpro-sample...
#Vulkan #RayTracing #GraphicsProgramming
GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR at v2
Ray tracing examples and tutorials using VK_KHR_ray_tracing - GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR at v2
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
doragonhanta.bsky.social
Major update to our Vulkan glTF Scene Renderer!

Completely rebuilt on Nvpro-Core2 with Vulkan 1.4, Slang shaders, and DLSS Ray Reconstruction support.

github.com/nvpro-sample...

#GraphicsProgramming #Vulkan #RayTracing
GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_gltf_renderer: Rendering glTF scenes with ray tracer and raster (Vulkan)
Rendering glTF scenes with ray tracer and raster (Vulkan) - nvpro-samples/vk_gltf_renderer
github.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by Martin-Karl
pixeljetstream.bsky.social
Working mostly on rendering technology for provis in Vulkan. Various open-source samples can be found at github.com/nvpro-samples my focus is tech for scenes with lots of geometry (GPU-driven pipelines)
NVIDIA DesignWorks Samples
NVIDIA DesignWorks Samples has 50 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
October 28, 2024 at 6:47 AM
doragonhanta.bsky.social
Bumping up the Vulkan Minimal Latest Sample to Vulkan 1.4. github.com/nvpro-sample....

Requires a Vulkan 1.4 Driver (NVIDIA released it today)
#vulkan, #nvidia
GitHub - nvpro-samples/vk_minimal_latest: A minimal, self-contained example demonstrating best practices for Vulkan development in a single file—no frameworks required.
A minimal, self-contained example demonstrating best practices for Vulkan development in a single file—no frameworks required. - nvpro-samples/vk_minimal_latest
github.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM