Khronos at AWE 2023
 Join us for the Khronos Developer Forum at AWE 2023 in Santa Clara, CA, May 31st through June 2nd where Khronos will host a series of BOFs, tutorials, and interactive workshops. Working Group members from OpenXR, 3D Formats, and 3D Commerce will bring the business leaders and developers at AWE up to speed on the latest Khronos capabilities and extensions. The Forum will also feature a guest session from the Metaverse Standards Forum on the road ahead for open standards supporting the XR community.
Check out the schedule on the AWE event website and register today!
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Vulkan Documentation Project Demo
 The Vulkan team at Khronos is working on a better way to present Vulkan documentation and there is an early implementation ready for public comment. The goal is to provide a single site with a consistent, easy to use UI for relevant Vulkan documentation including the specification, proposals, and the Vulkan Guide.
Please check out the site at https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/site/spec/latest/index.html and provide feedback by raising issues on the Vulkan-site repository at https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Site/issues/new. At this time, we are most interested in feedback on site usability.
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 The Khronos Group is a Platinum sponsor of IWOCL & SYCLcon 2023, the premier event dedicated to developers using the OpenCL and SYCL APIs. The conference takes place in the beautiful city of Cambridge, UK on April 18-20. This unique technical event brings the developer community together to exchange ideas, solve problems and help steer the future development of the OpenCL and SYCL ecosystems.
Registration and agenda
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 The Khronos Group will be hosting a Developer Day on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Hear the latest updates on OpenXR and Vulkan including special guests Epic Games and LunarG! There will also be a networking lunch with live demos. In addition, the Khronos Group is hosting a Metaverse Standards Forum open house. This event is open to all developers, so spread the word! Registration is now open.
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Khronos Group issues RFP for OpenXR Tutorial
 There is a strong need from XR developers to have a tutorial-style walk through on how to use OpenXR along with best practices. The Khronos Group has issued an RFP to develop such materials. This public Request for Proposals is open for anyone to respond, including Khronos members. The closing date for RFP responses is April 17, 2023.
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Khronos is Hiring
The Khronos Group is seeking a Conformance Test Suite (CTS) Technical Lead for Vulkan. Conformance testing is a critical part of the Vulkan and OpenGL/OpenGL ES ecosystems, ensuring that implementations of these APIs are held up to rigorous standards and will function correctly even in the corner cases. Comprehensive conformance testing is also a requirement to ratify or release new features. The CTS task sub-group (TSG) delivers this critical component and the successful candidate will be a key person in driving this activity. Learn more
 In addition, Khronos is seeking a Regional Business Development Director for Japan. This roll involves working closely with Khronos staff to proactively engage with member companies and targeted organizations in order to grow awareness of Khronos technologies and ensure Japanese members are fully supported and regularly involved in driving Khronos standards. Learn more
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Ultra Engine glTF Extensions
 Ultra Engine plans to use glTF for their main 3D model file format so that final game models can be easily loaded back into a modeling program for editing whenever needed. glTF supports a wide range of useful features and is widely supported, but there are a few missing pieces of information Ultra Engine need to add into it. Fortunately, this JSON-based file format has a mechanism for extensions that adds new features and data to the format. In this blog, the custom extensions added for Ultra Engine are explained. Learn more
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glTF Asset Auditor Webinar
 After the recent release of the glTF Asset Auditor Tool for content creators to use as part of their asset validation pipelines, 3D Commerce Working Members Mike Festa and Eric Chadwick demonstrated the new open-source tool showing how the amount of 3D model reworking can be greatly reduced while increasing compatibility and ease-of-use for downstream clients. The video recording and presentation slides from the webinar are now available!
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 For the first time in over three years, the WebGL + WebGPU Meetup was live and in-person during the 2023 Game Developers' Conference (GDC)! Special thanks goes out to Google for hosting the meetup.
The video recording and presentation slides from the event are now available.
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Present at Future glTF Meetups
May 2, June 6, & July 11, 2023
These unique Khronos led events provide 3D developers and animators an opportunity to meet up and learn how to get the most from using the glTF 3D format in their applications, products, and tools. Each event includes three or four speakers who showcase their use of glTF, as well as sharing any advice they have on best practices and tools. Sessions conclude with an open “Ask the Experts” Q&A. Virtual meetups are FREE to attend (registration required).
We are inviting anyone who would like to share their experiences of using glTF to submit a short proposal:
- Content Creators (Developers and Artists) are invited to share details on any aspect of their glTF development (use case, asset creation pipeline, challenges faced, tips & techniques, etc.)
- Tool Vendors are invited to share the latest glTF tooling for asset creation and display
Live demonstrations are strongly encouraged, and speakers are generally given 10-15 minutes to speak, plus 5 minutes for Q&A.
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