Lapinski - Vulkan cookbook work through recipes to unlock the full potential of the next generation graphics API--Vulkan

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First published: April 2017

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Pawel Lapinski is a graphics software engineer at Intel Corporation. His professional career started 10 years ago when he and his friends were hired to develop a 3D training/simulation application using C++, OpenGL, and Cg, which was later improved with added head-mounted display support and stereoscopic image generation.

Since his studies, Pawel has been interested in 3D graphics and especially in the open multiplatform OpenGL library. He wrote a diploma about the Effective usage of vertex and fragment shaders. Since then, he has continued to pursue opportunities to work with 3D graphics and expand his knowledge in the field. He had the opportunity to join a team that was developing one of the biggest CAVElike installations at the Polish Gdansk University of Technology. His responsibility was to prepare 3D visualizations using Unity3D engine and add stereoscopic image generation and support for motion tracking.

Pawel's whole career has involved working with computer graphics, the OpenGL library, and shaders. However, some time ago, already as a programmer at Intel, he had the opportunity to start working with the Vulkan API when he prepared validation tests for the Vulkan graphics driver. He also prepared a series of tutorials teaching people how to use Vulkan and now he wants to share more of his knowledge in the form of a Vulkan Cookbook.

This is my first published book and it is a very important moment of my life. Thats why Id like to include quite many people in this special thanks list.

First and foremost, I want to thank my wife, Agata, my children, and the whole family for all their love, patience, and continuous support.

I wouldnt have written this book if Mr. Jacek Kuffel hadn't been my language teacher in my primary school. He taught me how important our language is and he also taught me how to express myself with written words. I learned all my love of writing from him.

My affection for 3D graphics programming started during my studies. It started growing thanks to my thesis supervisor Mariusz Szwoch, Ph.D., and my 3D graphics teacher Jacek Lebiedz, Ph.D. Id like to thank them for their support and help. Without them I would not have started learning OpenGL and, as the next step, the Vulkan API.

Kind regards and a huge thank you to my team here at Intel Poland. I couldnt have joined a better team or started working with better people. They are not only specialists at what they do, but they are all kind, sincere and warmhearted friends. Id like to thank them for patiently answering my many questions, for sharing their knowledge. And for the great atmosphere that they create every day. Special thanks are required to Slawek, Boguslaw, Adam, Jacek, and to my manager Jan.

And last but not least the Packt team. Ive always dreamt about writing a book and they not only allowed me to do it, but they helped me realize my dreams, showing their support at every step from the very beginning. Aditi, Murtaza, Nitin, Sachin You are great. It was much easier to write this book with you on my side.

Chris Forbes works as a software developer for Google, working on Vulkan validation support and other ecosystem components. Previously he has been involved in implementing OpenGL 3 and 4 support in open source graphics drivers for Linux [www.mesa3d.org], as well as rebuilding classic strategy games to run on modern systems [www.openra.net]. He also served as a technical reviewer on Packt's previous Vulkan title, Learning Vulkan.

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