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H Dec 14, 2021

I've been given the opportunity to read and learn form this amazing book on graphics rendering.Here is a review:There is a little bit of everything in this book (even some scene graph optimization!). The "recipe" approach to explaining concepts is quick and relatively easy to understand giving the reader the ability to consult any recipe without having to read the book in its entirety. This book does not really focus on Vulkan or OpenGL but does a little bit of both without fully committing to either. Although I would have loved some OpenGL recipes to be for Vulkan as well, the book manages to give enough information to be able to replicate it on your own.Although I have yet to finish reading the whole book, based on the chapters I have covered so far, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with a good grasp of C++ and a moderate understanding of OpenGL and Vulkan.

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Michael D. Sep 20, 2021

Had the change to get the book... and it is quite hard to stop reading it :)I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, focused on computer graphics and parallel programming. And I'm interested in real-time 3D computer graphics since the first MS-DOS based games on the 1990s. I've worked with OpenGL and C++ for nearly 20 years in several personal and fun projects, and I have seen a lot of versions come and go. Some of the topics are already well-known, like git, CMake, VAOs, shaders, cube map textures and shadow maps, so I did not start with bare hands.The update to OpenGL 4.x and Vulkan was long on my personal wish list, but digging thru a pile of tutorials and examples in the internet did not satisfy me need to look "behind the scene". I always want to know *why* I have to do thing in this or that way, not only that I have to do it.The authors have given me exactly the helping hand I needed. They show a step by step tutorial how to build an OpenGL and a Vulkan application, with nice additions like debug and profiling to find bottlenecks. Additional topics like organizing the vector data, adding HDR and SSAO or working with a scene graph are great if you've mastered the "basic stuff" (which is... not so basic at all).The split of descriptions of the steps are great, with many useful information around the code snippets (how to do it), and even more important for me, what happens inside the code I just saw (how it works).And as you can download the code from GitHub, the initial bootstrapping is also handled very well. No need to type the code from the book into your IDE - which does not mean you may not do it. Writing the routines actively down will help remembering at least the outlines of the OpenGL and Vulkan API parts.Big plus from my side: the inclusion of Linux and Mac OS X as development systems, next to the obvious Windows version (with small exceptions due to missing non-Windows support from tools).

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JP Oct 13, 2021

If you know something about vulkan or opengl. However you are stuck at a phase where you would overthink about implementation and you would not make any progress? Then this book is for you.They explain every concept in a step by step manner with code examples that evolve as you make progress. The project gets bigger at every chapter and in the end you will have a working engine which you can expand upon.In my case I have already implemented all those basics in my engine, I had a working engine with IBL, Shadows and PBR implemented when I bought the book. So if you are like me there are still few concepts that are explained well and worth the purchase.

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Sascha Willems Oct 01, 2021

As someone who has been doing Vulkan from the very beginning (and OpenGL before that) I can recommend this book. Both to newcomers to real-time 3D graphics as well as experienced programmers. Newcomers should have understanding of basic real-time graphics concepts though, as this book starts at the api level.Seeing modern OpenGL (using AZDO) side-by-side with Vulkan is a very interesting approach, making it an interesting read for people wanting to do modern OpenGL or move to Vulkan.Topics are presented in a recipe based structure, giving at a consistent structure throughout all chapters, making it easy to read and follow.The selection of topics is pretty good, and covers both basic and advanced topics. With a few exception, the topics are presented both for OpenGL and Vulkan. The topics range from basic stuff like loading models and textures, to more advanced themes like GPGU using compute shaders, bindless resources, GPU culling, order independent transparency and atomics. As a final result, many of these are combined into a renderer for a complex scene.Physically based rendering using Khronos' glTF model standard also gets a lot of attention in a dedicated chapter, taking you through all the steps required to get a PBR based renderer up and running.It also touches on topics not directly related to real-time graphics like data-oriented scene graph design, using mesh optimizer and integrating profilers and physics engines, which is a nice addition.Bonus points for targeting Linux and MacOS (via MoltenVK for Vulkan) and not just Windows. Mobile platforms aren't mentioned though, which would've been a nice addition at least Vulkan which supports them natively.To sum it up, this is a very interesting read thanks to the variety of topics.

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