{"id":1307,"date":"2018-05-11T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lunarg.com\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2025-01-15T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:15:31","slug":"lunarg-improves-user-experience-of-vulkaninfo-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunarg.com\/lunarg-improves-user-experience-of-vulkaninfo-program\/","title":{"rendered":"LunarG improves user experience of vulkaninfo program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LunarG updated the vulkaninfo program to improve the user experience. This program is located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vulkan.lunarg.com\/sdk\/home\">Vulkan SDK available on the LunarXchange website<\/a>. 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The user can then open the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: monospace, monospace;\">vulkaninfo.html<\/span><span style=\"font-family: monospace, monospace;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>file in a favorite browser to view their system&#8217;s information. The collapsibility\u00a0of the sections gives the user more control over\u00a0which piece of hardware and\/or type of\u00a0Vulkan information receives the most visibility\u00a0at the time of viewing.<\/p>\n<p>LunarG also added the -j and <span style=\"font-family: monospace, monospace;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: monospace, monospace;\">-json<\/span>\u00a0options. These\u00a0additions introduce the ability to organize vulkaninfo output into a DevSim-schema-compatible JSON file. DevSim refers to the LunarG Device Simulation tool that is also found on the LunarXchange.com website. This option takes the original vulkaninfo\u00a0output and organizes the information in a different format &#8212; JSON. The JSON text isn&#8217;t necessarily easier to read but can be used with other tools in the Vulkan toolbox, specifically the <span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: monospace, monospace;\">VK_LAYER_LUNARG_device_sim<wbr \/>ulation<\/span><\/span> layer.<\/p>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<p>Read more information about the updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/vulkan.lunarg.com\/doc\/sdk\/1.1.73.0\/windows\/vulkaninfo.html\">Vulkan Info<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vulkan.lunarg.com\/doc\/sdk\/1.1.73.0\/windows\/device_simulation_layer.html\">Vulkan DevSim<\/a> tool in the Docs section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vulkan.lunarg.com\/home\/welcome\">LunarXchange website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LunarG&#8217;s software engineering experts create innovative products and services for open source and commercial customers using leading-edge 3D graphics and computational technologies, including OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenXR, and SPIR-V. We have strengths in performance analysis and tuning, runtime and tools development, shader optimizations, driver development, and porting engines and applications to Vulkan. Our software engineering team is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. LunarG was founded by software experts who are experienced in and passionate about 3D graphics.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about LunarG by visiting our website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lunarg.com\/\">LunarG.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LunarG updated the vulkaninfo program to improve the user experience. This program is located in the Vulkan SDK available on the LunarXchange website. 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