Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer
A high-performance Forward+ (tiled forward) renderer implemented in Vulkan using compute shaders for efficient light culling.
What is Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer?
VFPR (Vulkan Forward Plus Renderer) is an open-source implementation of the Forward+ (tiled forward) rendering technique using the Vulkan graphics API. It solves the performance limitation of traditional forward rendering when handling many dynamic lights by adding a compute shader stage that culls lights per screen tile before shading. This results in up to 10x faster performance compared to a regular forward renderer with hundreds of lights.
Graphics programmers, GPU computing students, and developers learning Vulkan or advanced real-time rendering techniques who want to understand and implement efficient light culling.
It provides a clear, educational implementation of a modern rendering algorithm (Forward+) in Vulkan, with detailed performance analysis and comparisons, serving as a practical reference for optimizing real-time graphics pipelines.
Overview
Forward+ renderer in Vulkan using Compute Shader. An Upenn CIS565 final project.
Use Cases
Best For
- Learning Vulkan compute shader applications in graphics
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