VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes(3)

# VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

98

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_multiview

## SPIR-V Dependencies

- SPV_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes

## Contact

- Jeff Bolz jeffbolznv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2017-01-13

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies

  - This extension provides API support for `GL_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes`

  - This extension interacts with `VK_NV_viewport_array2`.

Contributors

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension adds a new way to write shaders to be used with multiview subpasses, where the attributes for all views are written out by a single invocation of the pre-rasterization shader stages. Related SPIR-V and GLSL extensions `SPV_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes` and `GL_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes` introduce per-view position and viewport mask attributes arrays, and this extension defines how those per-view attribute arrays are interpreted by Vulkan. Pipelines using per-view attributes may only execute the pre-rasterization shader stages once for all views rather than once per-view, which reduces redundant shading work.

A subpass creation flag controls whether the subpass uses this extension. A subpass must either exclusively use this extension or not use it at all.

Some Vulkan implementations only support the position attribute varying between views in the X component. A subpass can declare via a second creation flag whether all pipelines compiled for this subpass will obey this restriction.

Shaders that use the new per-view outputs (e.g. `gl_PositionPerViewNV`) must also write the non-per-view output (`gl_Position`), and the values written must be such that `gl_Position = gl_PositionPerViewNV[gl_ViewIndex]` for all views in the subpass. Implementations are free to either use the per-view outputs or the non-per-view outputs, whichever would be more efficient.

If `VK_NV_viewport_array2` is not also supported and enabled, the per-view viewport mask must not be used.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceMultiviewPerViewAttributesPropertiesNVX

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NVX_MULTIVIEW_PER_VIEW_ATTRIBUTES_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NVX_MULTIVIEW_PER_VIEW_ATTRIBUTES_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MULTIVIEW_PER_VIEW_ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTIES_NVX`

- Extending VkSubpassDescriptionFlagBits:

  - `VK_SUBPASS_DESCRIPTION_PER_VIEW_ATTRIBUTES_BIT_NVX`

  - `VK_SUBPASS_DESCRIPTION_PER_VIEW_POSITION_X_ONLY_BIT_NVX`

## New Built-In Variables

- `PositionPerViewNV`

- `ViewportMaskPerViewNV`

## New SPIR-V Capabilities

- `PerViewAttributesNV`

## Examples

    #version 450 core

    #extension GL_KHX_multiview : enable
    #extension GL_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes : enable

    layout(location = 0) in vec4 position;
    layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform Block { mat4 mvpPerView[2]; } buf;

    void main()
    {
        // Output both per-view positions and gl_Position as a function
        // of gl_ViewIndex
        gl_PositionPerViewNV[0] = buf.mvpPerView[0] * position;
        gl_PositionPerViewNV[1] = buf.mvpPerView[1] * position;
        gl_Position = buf.mvpPerView[gl_ViewIndex] * position;
    }

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2017-01-13 (Jeff Bolz)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

VkPhysicalDeviceMultiviewPerViewAttributesPropertiesNVX

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.

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