DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine
DiligentEngine
DiligentEngine is a cross-platform graphics abstraction layer and physically-based rendering engine. It provides a unified interface for executing 3D graphics commands across multiple low-level rendering backends from a single codebase, including a dedicated system for importing 3D assets via the GLTF 2.0 format.
The engine features an HLSL shader cross-compiler that allows a single set of shaders to run across different graphics APIs and operating systems. It supports advanced rendering capabilities such as ray-tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and bindless resources.
The framework covers broader capability areas including screen-space visual effects, such as ambient occlusion and temporal anti-aliasing, and multithreaded command buffer generation to increase CPU utilization. It also includes systems for backend-agnostic memory allocation and the use of JSON-defined pipeline states for dynamic runtime parsing.
Features
- Graphics Engines and Rendering - Provides a cross-platform graphics abstraction layer and physically-based rendering engine with advanced visual effects.
- Cross-Platform Graphics Tooling - Provides a unified interface to write 3D graphics code once and run it across multiple operating systems and hardware.
- 3D Asset Pipelines - Integrates a 3D asset pipeline that loads GLTF 2.0 models into physically-based rendering workflows.
- Asset Pipelines - Features a dedicated system for importing 3D models and materials using the GLTF 2.0 standard.
- Abstraction-Layer Rendering Backends - Provides a unified abstraction layer that decouples high-level rendering logic from specific graphics backends like Vulkan or DirectX.
- Cross-Platform Shader Compilers - Includes an HLSL shader cross-compiler that translates unified shader code into platform-specific binaries.
- Graphics API Abstractions - Simplifies targeting multiple graphics backends using a single set of standardized commands and calls.
- GPU Resource Coordination - Includes systems for backend-agnostic memory allocation and coordination of GPU resources.
- Graphics Backends - Provides a unified interface for switching between different low-level graphics backends like Vulkan and DirectX.
- Deferred Command Encoders - Supports multithreaded command buffer generation to increase CPU utilization and rendering throughput.
- GLTF Model Importers - Provides a dedicated system for importing 3D assets via the GLTF 2.0 format.
- Advanced Rendering Features - Supports high-end hardware features including ray-tracing, mesh shaders, and variable rate shading.
- Screen-Space Effects - Implements a suite of screen-space visual effects including ambient occlusion and temporal anti-aliasing.
- Bindless Resource Managers - Provides bindless resource management to allow shaders to access large global pools of assets without per-draw call binding.
- 3D Visual Effects - Implements advanced rendering techniques such as ray-tracing and ambient occlusion for realistic 3D scenes.
- Mesh Instancing - Optimizes performance by drawing multiple copies of the same mesh in a single call using instance-specific data.
- Pipeline State Definitions - Supports defining shader configurations and render states via JSON for dynamic runtime parsing or pre-packaging.
- Explicit Memory Allocators - Implements systems for manual management of device-local and host-visible memory heaps across different graphics APIs.
- Multi-threaded Command Encoders - Generates graphics commands across multiple CPU threads using independent buffers to maximize GPU throughput.
- 3D Game Engines - Modern cross-platform low-level graphics library.
- Engines and Frameworks - Cross-platform low-level graphics library.
- Game Engines - Cross-platform rendering framework for 3D visualization.
- Graphics and Rendering - Modern low-level cross-platform 3D graphics library.
- Graphics Libraries - Modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction.
- Graphics Rendering - Modern low-level 3D graphics library.
