Welcome to dhpoware.

This site is dedicated to real-time 2D/3D graphics and games programming using Vulkan, OpenGL and Direct3D. We maintain a repository of source code that you can use in your own projects. Occasionally we release demos showcasing particular graphics and games programming techniques.

Latest News.

30 November 2022.
The Khronos Group has released a new Vulkan extension: VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer. Read more here.

14 October 2022.
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs support Shader Execution Reordering (SER). What is SER? NVIDIA has a technical walkthrough for SER here.

30 September 2022.
Humble Bundle currently has several software bundles available for Unity and Unreal Engine: The Complete Unity ⁄ Unreal Engine Online Course, Unity Tools, and Unity Art. Check them out here.

31 August 2022.
LunarG has released Vulkan SDK 1.3.224.0. The full release notes can be found here.

5 July 2022.
The Direct3D link has been updated to point to the official DirectX documentation.

28 June 2022.
If you are new to the Vulkan API, one of the best ways to learn is looking at simple, concise sample applications. The Khronos Group has a GithHub repository filled with helpful Vulkan samples. View the repository here.

28 May 2022.
Graphics and games programming makes extensive use of linear interpolation. What is linear interpolation? GameDev.net explains it well here. Also check out our reference implementation of linear interpolation in our math library here.

30 April 2022.
The website will be undergoing some routine maintenance in the next couple of weeks. Any site disruptions will be kept to a minimum.

30 March 2022.
Ever wondered how a Vulkan driver is written? Collabora.com has an interesting blog explaining how Vulkan was added to Mesa. Read more here.

28 February 2022.
LunarG has released an updated Vulkan SDK that includes Vulkan 1.3 support. Read more here.

26 January 2022.
Happy New Year!

The Khronos Group has just released Vulkan 1.3. The specification is available now, however the SDK will be released next month. View the press release here for futher details.

View Archived News for 2021.