Enlarge/Real Racing running on a Vulkan-powered Raspberry Pi 4. (credit: Raspberry Pi)
The Raspberry Pi 4 has hit a major graphics milestone, adding support for a more modern Vulkan 3D API. While that doesn’t meana smoothDoom(2016)experienceon the single-board wonder, it does helpPis running Android and points to some future powers.
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton announcedthe Pi 4’s Vulkan 1.2 conformanceon Monday. Support isn’t available yet in downloadable Pi-friendly operating systems but should be coming soon.
For most people using their Pi as a server, a DIY controller, or a light desktop, Vulkan 1.2 conformance won’t be noticeable. Desktop graphics on the standard Raspberry Pi OS are powered by OpenGL, the older graphics API that Vulkan is meant to replace. There is one group that benefits,says Upton: games and other 3D Android applications.Android uses Vulkanas its low-overhead graphics API.
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