Vulkan 1.1.104 Brings Native HDR, Exclusive Fullscreen Extensions
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Vulkan 1.1.104 is the big update for GDC 2019 rather than say Vulkan 1.2, but it's quite a nice update as part of the working group's weekly/bi-weekly release regiment. In particular, Vulkan 1.1.104 is exciting for an AMD native HDR extension and also a full-screen exclusive extension.
There is also the usual assortment of different clarifications and corrections to the Vulkan spec, but the new extensions with Vulkan 1.1.104 are:
VK_AMD_display_native_hdr - This AMD-developed extension offers up native HDR display features for Vulkan to set the display color-space as well as local dimming control.
VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive - This extension allows setting of policy for exclusive full-screen behavior for either accessing a particular display with a full-screen game/application or for cases like bypassing the display compositor.
VK_EXT_host_query_reset - This extension allows for resetting queries from the host.
VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback - Provides a means of sending feedback to the game/application about pipeline creation.
VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities - With Vulkan 1.1 there has been support for protected memory and resources as well as the opportunity for protected displays/outputs. This new extension allows for querying whether a protected swapchain for a surface can be displayed on screen. NVIDIA developers worked out this extension.
The latest spec as always is up on Khronos.org.
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