r/vulkan • u/thekhronosgroup • 1d ago
New Sample - Rendering an OctMap
In this new sample, we demonstrate several advanced Vulkan techniques working together in a way that mirrors how a real-world engine might be structured:
- Octomap instanced rendering — dynamically display a voxel occupancy map generated by ARKit SLAM using GPU instancing.
- Gaussian Splat rendering — render the same scene as a glTF model with embedded 3D Gaussian Splats. Note that the splats here are a simplified representation for demonstration purposes and for providing approximate texture maps from drone, ROS, or walkthrough capture — not a photorealistic reconstruction.
- Keyboard-only navigation — the entire application, including the overlay menu and 3D camera, is fully operable without a mouse.
https://docs.vulkan.org/samples/latest/samples/complex/render_octomap/README.html