Unreal Engine 4.24 offers OpenXR Support and glTF fixes
Unreal Engine v4.24 has been released. Along with a bunch of glTF fixes, the Unreal Engine OpenXR plugin now provides support for the OpenXR 1.0. Learn more about OpenXR and glTF.
Khronos News
JX3 is the first Vulkan game in China to support ray tracing
At GTC CHINA – taking place December 16-19 at Suzhou Jinji Lake International Conference Center – Henrik Li from NVIDIA, and Ming Dong from Kingsoft, will explain how JX3 Online is using ray tracing for the first time to deliver a top-tier visual experience. In advance of their GTC China talk, NVIDIA talked to Kingsoft Seasun about the project. In connection to Vulkan, NVIDIA asked “JX3 is the first Vulkan game to support ray tracing. Why did your team decide to make this graphical jump?” Kingsoft said they hope to implement cross-platform through Vulkan, and at the same time, they can do ray tracing development on Vulkan. Read the complete transcript from the interview here.
Vulkan Memory Allocator 2.3.0 released
VMA (Vulkan Memory Allocator) is the GPUOpen single-header, MIT-licensed, C++ library for easily and efficiently managing memory allocation for Vulkan games and applications. One year after the previous release, a new version is being published. You can get it now by going to VulkanMemoryAllocator Releases on GitHub and grabbing the latest v2.3.0.
Khronos Liaison with W3C discussing SPIR-V use for WebGPU
A liaison between W3C and the Khronos Group was setup to coordinate on shared areas of interest. Exploratory work includes the GPU for the Web Community Group discussing possible use of SPIR-V as shading language for WebGPU with the Khronos Group through that liaison.
NVIDIA’s latest driver enables sharpening for OpenGL and Vulkan
We are just one week away from Halo: Reach coming to PC after a lengthy stint as an Xbox exclusive title. In preparation for the big release, NVIDIA has begun rolling out the Game Ready driver with optimisations. In addition, Quake II RTX has had an upgrade to further improve the ray-traced remaster. This latest driver also brings Image Sharpening support for OpenGL and Vulkan games. (Source: Kitguru.net)
Introducing the new 3D Commerce logo
The 3D Commerce Working Group was created in July 2019 to align the industry for streamlined 3D content creation, management and display. The group brings together companies involved with all facets of the industry—from production to distribution to consumption of 3D content. To download the new logo or any other Khronos Group logo, please visit the official Khronos Logos page.
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