Minecraft Java is getting a new graphics API for its Vibrant Visuals update

Minecraft developer Mojang is switching the Java Edition's graphics API from OpenGL to Vulkan ahead of its Vibrant Visuals ...

Minecraft is Moving From OpenGL to Vulkan: What Does This Mean for Players?

Check out this article to learn all about Minecraft moving its graphics API from OpenGL to Vulkan and what is it in for the players.
Android Authority

Khronos launches cross-platform Vulkan 1.0 graphics API and dev tools

Heads up my gaming amigos, the Khronos Group has announced version 1.0 of its cross-platform Vulkan graphics API, opening up new possibilities for game developers. Not only is Vulkan supported across ...
Gizmodo

Vulkan API Now Supports Ray Tracing and That’s Great News If You Game

Khronos Group, the company behind the Vulkan application programming interface (API), announced today that it now supports ray tracing, the buzzword friendly feature Nvidia pushed and console makers ...
Design-Reuse

Vulkan SDK, Tools and Drivers are Ray Tracing Ready

Beaverton, OR – December 16, 2020 – Today, The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards, announces that LunarG has released the ...
Digital Trends

How the ‘next-generation’ Vulkan API could pose a threat to Microsoft’s DirectX

Recently, you may have noticed an ever-present flow of stories surrounding OpenGL and OpenGL ES successor Vulkan, a new low-level API from non-profit consortium the Kronos Group. Most notably, we ...
Digital Trends

Khronos wants to let you write a game that can run on Vulkan, Metal, and DirectX 12

The Khronos Group makes OpenGL and Vulkan, two cross-platform graphics application programming interfaces (APIs) that seek to run on every platform that might be of interest to gamers. Vulkan just ...
AppleInsider

Khronos Group ships tools bringing Vulkan graphics API to iOS and MacOS

The Khronos Group has released new open source tools that allows the Vulkan API, a 3D graphics API, to work on iOS and macOS, a move that can make it easier for developers to port games to Apple's ...
New Electronics

Latest PowerVR Graphics SDK includes support for Vulkan API

Imagination Technologies has announced the latest version of its PowerVR Graphics SDK (Software Development Kit), designed to support graphics and GPU compute application development. The PowerVR ...
AppleInsider

3rd-party Vulkan API could simplify porting graphics-intensive games to Metal on macOS, iOS

The new MoltenVK developer API aims to ease porting of games to Apple hardware, and its native support of Metal graphics, by by bringing the cross-platform Vulkan 3D graphics API to both iOS and macOS ...
VentureBeat

Khronos Group launches Vulkan 1.4 API for cross-platform graphics and compute

Khronos Group, an open consortium of tech companies focused on interoperability standards, has announced the release of Vulkan 1.4. It’s the latest version of its royalty-free, cross-platform 3D ...