In this Rastergrid article, they write about the secret sauce behind the Vulkan SC Ecosystem components that enabled them to leverage the industry-proven Vulkan Ecosystem components to provide corresponding developer tooling for the safety-critical variant of the Vulkan API.

After Effects 24.5 continues Adobe’s ongoing overhaul of the software’s 3D toolset. Changes include the option to import 3D models with embedded animations, originally rolled out in beta in April, and now available in the stable release. Animation support is currently restricted to files in glTF/GLB format.

The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group is pleased to announce that the glTF 2.0 Interactivity Extension (KHR_interactivity) specification draft is available for public review and feedback before ratification. This new extension uses behavior graphs, enabling content creators to add logic and behaviors to glTF assets, with a focus on safety, portability and ease of implementation.

The draft specification is now available on the Khronos GitHub page, and the Khronos 3D Formats Working Group is seeking input from all members of the glTF community, including content creators, application developers, and digital content creation tool implementers.

In a world where AI, HPC and Safety-Critical acceleration is shifting toward heterogeneous architectures that integrate processors with different architectures from multiple vendors, the need for seamless interoperability and shared open standards has never been more critical. That’s why the UXL Foundation (Unified Acceleration) and the Khronos Group have entered into a liaison agreement to help accelerate the evolution of open accelerated heterogeneous programming.

The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full Vulkan 1.3 Specification without “portability” waivers.

Honeykrisp is not yet released for end users. They’re continuing to add features, improve performance, and port to more hardware. However, source code is available for developers.

The PlayCanvas Editor now has fully integrated support for splats! Learn how to quickly build stunning, interactive 3DGS applications today.

The Khronos Group has released the Khronos PBR Neutral Tone Mapper specification and sample implementation. Khronos PBR Neutral is specifically designed to display 3D assets rendered using physically-based rendering (PBR) with true-to-life colors that are vital in applications such as eCommerce, architecture and CAD. The Khronos PBR Neutral Tone Mapper is already enjoying wide adoption and support by 3D tools and engines including <model-viewer>, Autodesk, Babylon.js, Blender, Dassault, Filament, London Dynamics, Phasmatic, Three.js, and Threekit.

LunarG has released a new SDK for Windows, Linux, & macOS that supports Vulkan API revision 1.3.283. This new release has improved validation coverage, an improved Vulkan Configurator and a host of Windows and macOS changes that can be viewed in the release notes.

The OpenXR Working Group wishes to expand and demonstrate the reach of the API Standard by better integrating OpenXR with the Godot game engine to effectively bridge the gap between runtime developers and application developers.

The XR_EXT_local_floor extension recently made its way into the core specification with the release of OpenXR 1.1. This blog post, delves into the technical aspects of the LOCAL_FLOOR[1] reference space. While STAGE space is still available to developers for defining playspace bounds, we will show how LOCAL_FLOOR offers a convenient alternative for obtaining a recenterable floor space that does not require user calibration. Additionally, we explore how this extension includes an estimated floor height, adding further convenience to XR development workflows.

The Khronos Group announces the immediate availability of the OpenXR 1.1 specification. This release evolves the widely adopted OpenXR open API standard for high-performance, cross-platform access to VR, AR, and mixed reality (MR) — collectively known as XR—platforms and devices. OpenXR 1.1 consolidates widely used API extensions into the core specification to reduce fragmentation and adds new functionality to streamline the development of more powerful and efficient XR applications. Along with five extensions being incorporated in the core specification, feature enhancements include interaction profile enhancements, universal fundamental tools for building enhanced XR experiences, new error codes, and specification refinement.

Intel’s OpenCL Intercept Layer 3.0.4 is now available to assist in OpenCL debugging and performance profiling across Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and FreeBSD. The release has overhead reduction work to yield better performance during tracing and profiling, many general improvements to tracing and logging, kernel capture and replay support, more support for Chrome tracing, and a variety of other new abilities. Those developing with OpenCL and wishing to check out Intel’s intercept layer for debugging and performance profiling can find the Intel’s OpenCL Intercept Layer available on GitHub.

Magic Leap is fully embracing OpenXR, the industry standard API, for Magic Leap 2 development. This includes support for the standard Unity OpenXR Plugin. This change should make it easier for developers building AR apps across multiple headsets.

The results of LunarG’s 2024 Vulkan Ecosystem & SDK Survey have been released! LunarG has summarized the results and created a report that shares the key findings and suggested actions. The information you provided will be used to help guide Vulkan Ecosystem investments in 2024 and beyond. The results have also been shared with key partners and contributors in the hope that they will also use the information to guide their investments.

Thanks to those of you who completed the annual survey!

The OpenCL Working Group has released v3.0.16 of the OpenCL specifications, the sixteenth OpenCL 3.0 maintenance update. This is a significant update that integrates the standard Khronos KHR extension specifications into the core specification, making it easier for users and implementers to understand how extensions interact with core OpenCL functionality.

In addition, this update added the provisional cl_khr_kernel_clock extension, which adds new built-in functions to profile a kernel executing on an OpenCL device. It also includes final versions of the cl_khr_semaphore, cl_khr_external_semaphore, and cl_khr_external memory extensions, enabling efficient interoperability with other APIs.

The latest specifications can be found on the Khronos OpenCL registry: https://registry.khronos.org/OpenCL/