LunarG at Vulkanised 2026: 10 Years of Vulkan!

Vulkanised 2026 (February 9–11, 2026, in San Diego at Qualcomm) was a resounding success, marking a full decade of the Vulkan API with a packed program of keynotes, technical deep dives, panels, developer tools roundtables, and real-world application case studies. The energy level was high—developers, engine builders, hardware vendors, and Khronos working group members came together to celebrate progress, share innovations, and shape the future of cross-platform graphics and compute.

LunarG was proud to contribute significantly to the event, with our team delivering several standout sessions:

• Karen Ghavam: Delivered an insightful Vulkan SDK ecosystem update and a reflective 10-year retrospective on the API’s evolution and impact.
• Antonio Caggiano: Explored integrating Vulkan ray tracing into the Godot Engine, showcasing practical real-time ray tracing workflows.
• Charles Giessen: Demystified “Frames in Flight” with a deep dive into mastering Vulkan’s synchronization and multi-frame rendering techniques.
• Spencer Fricke: Took attendees through SPIR-V instrumentation, making validation and debugging more approachable (no more fear!).
• Richard S. Wright, Jr.: Presented “KosmicKrisp – Conformant Vulkan for Apple Hardware,” highlighting LunarG’s conformant Vulkan-to-Metal layered driver, its 1.3 conformance on Apple Silicon, future 1.4 support, and practical integration guidance for macOS and beyond.

These talks sparked great discussions, valuable feedback, and new ideas that will fuel our ongoing work on the Vulkan SDK, validation layers, tools, and ecosystem support.

A massive thank you to the Khronos team for organizing such a high-quality event, to Qualcomm for hosting, to all the speakers and attendees for the engaging conversations, and to the broader Vulkan community for your passion and contributions over the past 10 years.