The Vulkanised 2026 program has been released!

The 2026 program includes keynote presentations, technical talks, a panel discussion, a developer tools roundtable, and application case-studies spanning a wide range of topics that matter to everyone using Vulkan […]

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Autodesk VRED 2026 has introduced new Vulkan renderer alongside the traditional OpenGL real-time pipeline, addressing fundamental limitations while introducing hybrid ray tracing capabilities that significantly enhance visual quality in real-time scenarios on […]

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This Sunday is the deadline for submissions for Vulkanised 2026. Submit your title and short abstract today!

Vulkanised 2026 submissions: https://vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-call-for-submissions#how-to-submit
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Next week at X.Org Developer's Conference there will be a half dozen sessions on the Vulkan API including tips and tricks for Vulkan Conformance Test Suite, KosmicKrisp - a Vulkan to Metal layered driver, and more. Check out all the Vulkan sessions at […]

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As we approach SIGGRAPH 2025, a new blog post has been posted that previews the key Vulkan developments, initiatives, and events that will take center stage at the Vulkan BOF, including: an update on Vulkan 1.4 adoption, recent extensions, a proposed new […]

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We are excited for next week's SIGGRAPH in Vancouver, Canada! Come see our Birds of a Feather (BOF) session, panels, Forging Forward with Vulkan. Don’t miss your chance to connect with us and the wider developer community […]

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Today, with the release of version 1.4.321 of the #vulkan specification, Vulkan Video is once again being expanded for encoding operations with the introduction of the Encode Intra-refresh extension—the second advanced feature extension for encoding.

https://khr.io/1l7

Vulkanised is coming to San Diego on February 9-11, 2026, and we are pleased to announce the call for submissions is now open until October 12! We are seeking submissions from Vulkan experts eager to share their work.

Learn more: https://www.vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-call-for-submissions

Synchronization in Vulkan has long been one of its most notorious challenges. The Vulkan Working Group has been steadily working to simplifying the synchronization model. One of the most frequent developer frustrations has been the complexity of managing image […]

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New Vulkan Video Decode VP9 extension! With the release of version 1.4.317 of the Vulkan specification, this set of extensions is being expanded once again with the introduction of VP9 decoding. VP9 was among the first royalty-free codecs to gain mass adoption […]

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This new sample demonstrates one of the functionalities of VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3, allowing dynamic change sampling without the need to swap pipelines.
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples/tree/main/samples/extensions/dynamic_multisample_rasterization

Vulkanised 2025 kicks off tomorrow! This sold-out event is the premiere Vulkan event of the year, and we are super excited to bring you an incredible slate of talks & panels in Cambridge. We especially want to thank our incredible sponsors!

This new sample demonstrates how to use the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read extension in conjunction with the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering extension. This combination can replace core render and subpasses […]

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The Khronos Group has announced the release of Vulkan 1.4. Vulkan 1.4 integrates and mandates support for many proven features into its core specification, expanding the functionality that is consistently available to developers, greatly simplifying […]

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