Mastering Graphics Programming With Vulkan: Develop a modern rendering engine featuring GPU-driven rendering, advanced lighting, and ray tracing, Edition 2

• Build a modern Vulkan renderer using a lightweight Vulkan accelerator framework, with bindless resources, frame graphs, and async GPU submission
• Implement GPU-driven rendering with mesh shaders, GPU culling, and shadows
• Advance from hardware ray tracing and ReSTIR GI to neural rendering with Slang
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• Manage GPU resources with bindless descriptors and shader reflection
• Build a frame graph and coordinate asynchronous GPU workloads
• Implement GPU-driven rendering with meshlets and mesh shaders
• Render many lights and GPU-driven shadows efficiently
• Implement volumetric fog, temporal anti-aliasing (TAA), and temporal upscaling
• Build Vulkan acceleration structures and ray-tracing pipelines
• Implement ray-traced shadows, reflections, and ReSTIR GI
• Create neural materials with Slang and differentiable rendering

Ideal for graphics programmers and engine developers who are already familiar with Vulkan or modern graphics APIs and want to deepen their understanding of real-time rendering architecture and system design. You should already be comfortable with C++, graphics fundamentals such as vectors and matrices, and core Vulkan concepts including pipelines, descriptors, command buffers, and GPU resource management. Motivated hobbyists and early-career developers can also benefit, provided they are comfortable with these core Vulkan concepts and ready to engage with more advanced architectural topics.