Libraries: Vulcan Runtime

J. Moreno, L. Chen, A. Kapoor Affiliation: Institute for Real-Time Systems, University of Silicon Valley Published in: Proceedings of the ACM on High-Performance Graphics and Interactive Systems , Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2026

The (often seen as VulkanRT ) are a collection of essential files that allow your graphics hardware to communicate with games and applications using the Vulkan API . Developed by the Khronos Group , Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform standard designed to give developers more direct control over a GPU's performance compared to older standards like OpenGL. Key Characteristics and Functions vulcan runtime libraries