SaschaWillems/Vulkan-glTF-PBR

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Vulkan-based physically-based rendering (PBR) sample application that loads and renders glTF 2.0 models with image-based lighting. It includes a glTF model loader built on tinyglTF and generates required PBR texture maps on the GPU at startup.

Use cases

• render glTF 2.0 models with physically based rendering in Vulkan
• learn how to implement PBR with image-based lighting
• load and display glTF models with skinned animations
• generate BRDF lookup tables on the GPU
• example of a glTF model loader for Vulkan

When to choose

• you want a reference implementation of glTF 2.0 PBR rendering in Vulkan
• you're learning Vulkan graphics programming with real-world 3D assets
• you need sample code for metallic-roughness and specular-glossiness workflows

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready glTF loader covering the full glTF 2.0 standard
• you target OpenGL, DirectX, or Metal instead of Vulkan
• you need morph target animation support, which is not implemented

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graphics image-processing parser graphics developer-tools cpp windows cross-platform vulkan pbr gltf2 image-based-lighting 3d-rendering sample-code game-development linux

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