Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The Khronos Group today released Vulkan 1.4.361, a specification update that incorporates a new NVIDIA vendor extension. This minor update continues the ongoing evolution of the Vulkan API, providing ...
Read more →The Khronos Group is standardizing 3D Gaussian Splatting technology through a new glTF extension, aiming to enhance the efficiency of complex 3D models. This initiative was recently discussed by 3D Fo...
Read more →Leadwerks 5.1, released recently, enhances its graphics capabilities and asset interoperability by expanding support for Khronos technologies. The update introduces support for the MSFT_texture_dds gl...
Read more →The Khronos Group's SPIRV-Tools project recently released version 2026.3, enhancing its capabilities for Vulkan shader compilation and optimization. This update introduces support for several new SPIR...
Read more →Khronos Group recently announced it has welcomed Xiaomi as a Contributor Member. Xiaomi, a leading global consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company, is known for its extensive range of smar...
Read more →The Khronos Group released version 23.1.0 of its SPIR-V LLVM Translator this week. This update brings the translator's underlying LLVM compiler infrastructure up to version 23.1. The SPIR-V LLVM Trans...
Read more →Leadwerks 5.1 has been released, expanding its integration of Khronos technologies to enhance graphics quality and asset interoperability. The latest update introduces support for the MSFT_texture_dds...
Read more →The Khronos Group recently announced that Xiaomi Corporation has joined as a Contributor Member. Xiaomi, a global leader in consumer electronics, smartphones, and AIoT platforms, brings its substantia...
Read more →Khronos revealed today new tiered OpenXR Adopter Program subscription and renewal fees, structured by company size. This initiative aims to make official conformance more accessible, thereby expanding...
Read more →The Khronos Group today released its 2026 Real-Time Shading Ecosystem Survey Report. This report compiles insights from over 400 shader developers, graphics programmers, rendering engineers, and tools...
Read more →The glTF.">Khronos Group today announced the release of a new open-source glTF 2.0 Importer/Exporter for Autodesk 3ds Max. The project, sponsored by Khronos, delivers professionally developed plugins availab...
Read more →The Khronos Group today submitted the glTF 2.0 extension designed to embed portable, self-contained interactive behaviors directly into 3D assets.">KHR_interactivity extension for glTF 2.0 for ratification. This extension aims to enable creators to embed portable, self-contained interactive behaviors, express...
Read more →The Khronos Group recently announced that Bolt Graphics, a semiconductor startup focused on developing high-performance and efficient graphics processors, has joined as a Contributor Member. Based in ...
Read more →The Khronos Group this week announced the deprecation of host-side ray tracing acceleration structure build commands in Vulkan. This change streamlines the Vulkan Ray Tracing API, moving towards a sin...
Read more →The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group recently announced that the glTF 2.1 specification is nearing completion, significantly extending the format's capabilities beyond representing single 3D assets. g...
Read more →The Khronos Group's 3D Formats working group recently established a Volumetric Media Subgroup. This new subgroup aims to extend the glTF 3D Asset open standard to enhance interoperability for volumetr...
Read more →The Khronos Group has launched a "Shader Ecosystem Survey" to gather developer input on shader languages, tools, and prevalent pain points. The survey targets individuals writing shading code in any l...
Read more →The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group today announced plans for glTF 2.1, a focused and backward-compatible revision of the core glTF specification. This update, the first major revision since glTF 2.0...
Read more →Khronos' Frederic Plourde recently joined the Spatial Realities Podcast to discuss the OpenXR API's evolution and future. In the interview, Plourde provided an update on where OpenXR stands, detailing...
Read more →Khronos Group recently standardized the KHR_gaussian_splatting extension for glTF, integrating 3D Gaussian splats into the royalty-free open format used for 3D content across the web. Khronos Group Pr...
Read more →The Khronos Group's 3D Formats working group, which oversees the glTF 3D Asset open standard, recently established a Volumetric Media Subgroup. This new subgroup aims to extend glTF capabilities to fa...
Read more →The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group announced today plans for glTF 2.1, a backward-compatible revision of the core specification. This update is specifically designed to improve the format's handling...
Read more →Khronos' Frederic Plourde was interviewed by Thomas Bedenk on the Spatial Realities podcast, released today, discussing the current state and future direction of OpenXR. Plourde provided an update on ...
Read more →Khronos Group President Neil Trevett recently announced the new glTF extension that standardizes the integration of 3D Gaussian splats into the format.">KHR_gaussian_splatting extension for glTF. This extension integrates 3D Gaussian splats into the royalty-free open format, aiming to sta...
Read more →The UHD World Association (UWA), in technical coordination with the Khronos Group's 3D Formats Working Group, announced today the release of the industry's first spatial imaging standard for 3D Gaussi...
Read more →The Khronos Vulkan SC Working Group, in collaboration with RasterGrid, recently released the Vulkan SC 1.0.21 SDK. This new SDK provides a unified installer for both Linux and Windows, combining essen...
Read more →The Khronos OpenCL Working Group today released OpenCL 3.1, elevating several previously optional capabilities into the core specification. Conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementations are now required to co...
Read more →KhronosGroup has released SPIRV-Tools v2026.2 today, bringing expanded SPIR-V extension support and optimizer enhancements. The update introduces support for SPV_KHR_abort and SPV_KHR_constant_data, e...
Read more →The Vulkan SDK 1.4.350.0 was released today by LunarG, simultaneously for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This update is described as "maintenance-focused" and includes "tooling and platform-specific impro...
Read more →The Khronos Vulkan SC Working Group, in collaboration with RasterGrid, today released the Vulkan SC 1.0.21 SDK. This new SDK provides a unified installer for both Linux and Windows platforms, streamli...
Read more →The Khronos OpenCL Working Group today released OpenCL 3.1, elevating several previously optional capabilities to core specification requirements. Conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementations must now consum...
Read more →The OpenCL Working Group today published a draft extension, cl_khr_cooperative_matrix, which introduces cooperative matrix operations to OpenCL. Developed in collaboration with Arm, Intel, and Qualcom...
Read more →The Khronos Vulkan SC Working Group, in collaboration with RasterGrid, has released the Vulkan SC 1.0.21 SDK today. This new SDK provides a unified installer for both Linux and Windows, designed to st...
Read more →The Khronos OpenCL Working Group has today released OpenCL 3.1, moving several previously optional capabilities into the core specification. Conformant implementations are now required to consume SPIR...
Read more →The OpenVX Working Group at Khronos today released two new extensions, Target Kernel and Node Command, aimed at improving computer vision and AI applications on modern heterogeneous Systems on a Chip....
Read more →KhronosGroup has released HLSL into SPIR-V.">glslang version 16.3.0 today. This update notably deprecates the HLSL front-end, with the project advising developers to "See issue #4210 for details" regarding the change. B...
Read more →The Khronos OpenXR working group has expanded its Extension Matrix to include self-reported support data from various middleware providers. This update, announced today, integrates information from Go...
Read more →The OpenCL Working Group today announced the publication of a draft extension, cl_khr_cooperative_matrix, which introduces cooperative matrix operations to OpenCL. This technology is crucial for accel...
Read more →The Khronos OpenXR working group recently announced an expansion to its middleware platforms.">OpenXR Extension Matrix. This updated resource now integrates self-reported data from various middleware providers, offering dev...
Read more →Khronos Group recently announced that Meta has upgraded its membership from Contributor to Promoter, its highest membership tier. This move grants Meta a seat on the Khronos Board of Directors, indica...
Read more →A Khronos contributed blog post published today, April 6, 2026, details how FFmpeg leverages Vulkan Compute shaders to accelerate video encoding and decoding. This method enables significant GPU compu...
Read more →Khronos's Vulkan Working Group recently published "Building a Simple Game Engine," an in-depth tutorial for professional Vulkan-based rendering engine development, building on the Core Vulkan Tutorial...
Read more →Bentley Systems recently announced a proposed glTF extension aimed at standardizing Gaussian splats. This initiative, developed in collaboration with the Khronos Group, Open Geospatial Consortium, and...
Read more →The Khronos Group is celebrating its 25th anniversary today, March 05, 2026, marking a quarter-century of developing open standards for visual computing. The organization was founded by a group of com...
Read more →The Vulkan Working Group has published "Building a Simple Game Engine," a new tutorial aimed at developers progressing beyond basic Vulkan concepts to professional-grade engine development. This serie...
Read more →The Khronos Group announced today a release candidate for its KHR_gaussian_splatting baseline extension for glTF 2.0. This new extension enables the storage of 3D Gaussian splats within glTF 2.0, whic...
Read more →LunarG has opened its annual 2026 Vulkan Ecosystem & SDK Survey today, seeking direct input from Vulkan developers. The feedback gathered is intended to shape the direction of the Vulkan Working Group...
Read more →The Khronos Group announced today a liaison agreement with the UHD World Association (UWA). This agreement establishes a framework for collaboration and information exchange, recognizing that emerging...
Read more →The MaterialX project, an Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) initiative, has integrated a dedicated Slang shader generator. The announcement was made today by The Khronos Group's Slang team. This coll...
Read more →Vulkan 1.4.342 was published this morning, January 31, 2026, as the latest routine specification update for the graphics and compute API. This release introduces one new extension: the Cooperative Mat...
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