Rostkatze: Vulkan Over Direct3D 12 With C++

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Rostkatze: Vulkan Over Direct3D 12 With C++

A prolific contributor to Mozilla's GFX-RS project, the Rust programming language, and also an author to a Rust-based SPIR-V shader compiler is now working on a C++-based Vulkan-over-D3D12 implementation...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Rostkatze-Vulkan-D3D12

[davidbepo]

this only makes sense for broadwell users

[faldzip]

Can't see any point in doing this...

[ssorgatem]

Can't see any point in doing this...

Xbox One.

With this, a game can use Vulkan on all platforms.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Can't see any point in doing this...

Also S-Mode of Windows 10 and ARM devices running Windows 10, there will be no OpenGL nor Vulkan.

[turboNOMAD]

But how is this Linux-related?

[Veerappan]

But how is this Linux-related?

If every OS can run Vulkan titles, that's one more reason for game devs to use it, and one less barrier to entry for porting to Linux.

[turboNOMAD]

There is absolutely zero chance of AAA developers like EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard or Bethesda using some wrapper library written by a pseudonymous guy on Github. Why would they? I can imagine a lot of arguments why they won't - no official commercial contract, no prior experience, no vendor support, no nothing.

[faldzip]

Xbox One.

With this, a game can use Vulkan on all platforms.

Right, didn't think about this.

[ssorgatem]

There is absolutely zero chance of AAA developers like EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard or Bethesda using some wrapper library written by a pseudonymous guy on Github. Why would they? I can imagine a lot of arguments why they won't - no official commercial contract, no prior experience, no vendor support, no nothing.

Just like there is absolutely zero chance of AAA companies like Oracle, Google, Amazon or Facebook using some rip-off OS kernel written by a pseudonymous guy on a mailing list. Why would they? I can imagine a lot of arguments why they won't - no official commercial contract, no prior experience, no vendor support, no nothing.