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| 1 | +VPP is a high-level C++ rendering and GPU computation API based on Vulkan.
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| 3 | +Vulkan is the new API for 3D graphics rendering and GPU computation developed
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| 4 | +by Khronos Group.
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| 6 | +VPP adds high-level, object-oriented C++ interface over Vulkan. The goal is
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| 7 | +to make Vulkan programming easier and more intuitive. VPP provides the following
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| 8 | +features:
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| 10 | +- Intuitive, object-oriented abstractions over Vulkan concepts: devices, queues,
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| 11 | + render passes, pipelines, shader resources, synchronization objects and others.
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| 13 | +- Isolation from the C-style interface of Vulkan.
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| 15 | +- Easy, conceptual design of render passes and pipelines.
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| 17 | +- Unique ability to write all shader code directly in C++ (as class methods),
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| 18 | + without any need to use GLSL or other intermediate language. No separate compiler
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| 19 | + passes required. All C++ 14 compliant compilers supported. No compiler extensions
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| 20 | + required. No hardware vendor / OS dependencies. All types of shaders supported.
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| 22 | +- C++ shaders are automatically integrated into a pipeline and can access shader
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| 23 | + resources in straghtforward, object-oriented manner. Bindings and locations are
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| 24 | + automatically generated. Entire Vulkan shader interface is supported. Shaders may
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| 25 | + easily access: vertex inputs, uniform buffers, all kinds of image resources,
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| 26 | + attachments, push constants, all builtin variables, inter-shader communication variables.
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| 28 | +- C++ shaders can be subject to advanced C++ programming and design techniques:
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| 29 | + parametrization, templating, macros, modularization, OO design.
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| 31 | +- Support for multithreading and automatic host synchronization of objects where Vulkan
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| 32 | + requires it.
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| 34 | +- Compile-time detection of some Vulkan usage errors.
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| 36 | +- Integration with third party libraries (currently GLM).
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| 38 | +- Easier management of Vulkan extensions with automatic dependency resolving for common
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| 39 | + extensions.
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| 41 | +- Selected extension functionality seamlessly built-in into VPP API (e.g. 64-bit atomic
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| 42 | + variables).
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| 44 | +Current version (0.8.1 alpha) supports Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 builds. Later versions
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| 45 | +are planned to support also Linux and other targets using GCC and CLang toolchains.
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| 46 | +VPP itself requires only C++ 14 compliant compiler, no special or vendor-specific technology
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| 47 | +is utilised.
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| 49 | +For build instructions, see the HTML documentation in 'docs' subdirectory. Click on "Related
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| 50 | +pages" button and select the "How to build and use VPP under Visual Studio" topic.
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| 52 | +The package also includes a set of tests and examples. They are located in 'test' subdirectory.
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