Android game graphics - OpenGL ES vs. Vulkan case study

[@Simon-xu1qt]

I have an ancient engine that I wrote years ago using ES 1.0 ( a just for fun, hobby engine ) and for years I have been thinking that I must get back into graphics programming and must upgrade to ES2 ( or whatever the latest version is, because the fixed pipeline is now probably dead and people would call me a dinasour and I would be very uncool ) and yes I'd have to learn to use shaders ( even though i am doing simple 3D ) and all those complicated sounding things. BUT ... after watching this video - it's changed my life. OpenGL ES is now dead to me. I'm going to catch the new wave. I'm going Vulkan and making myself slightly relevant ( in my own house ) 🙂Therefore to the very nice man from Google/Android who made this video, then I say thank you. You are making someone relevant !!!!

[@emanuelmatos5228]

Thank for that great presentation about both APIs, this become very important for any project, considering that everything we experience on any screen is basically our device drawing and drawing.

[@LightDante]

When does canvas api start using Vulkan exactly?

[@mrfastyper5405]

How to enable vulkan?

[@zdspider6778]

It ships with Android 7 (and newer), which was released in 2016. See 4:36. So you don't "enable" it, the drivers are already there.

[@zulu2926]

​@@zdspider6778is there a way to disable it or at least force app to use opengl?

[@zulu2926]

​@@zdspider6778is there a way to disable it?

[@НесторГрин]

vulkan has better performance?

[@m3nguele]

if well implemented, yes

[@diligencehumility6971]

It can have.. it can also have lower power consumption. If implemented smartly/correctly

[@rutabega306]

Its designed to

[@ARUNKUMAR-jh7ve]

Thanks sir 😊