And that will mean that Microsoft Store apps, which are only permitted to use DirectX, will be able to play nice with Vulkan, again opening up the market further for Khronos Group’s API. Having Valve voicing support definitely won’t hurt though, and today, we could just have witnessed the sowing of a very important seed regarding the future of Mac gaming.Īn interesting side note is that MoltenVK can also be implemented on top of DX12, and this is in the pipeline for the next few months. Lets kick the software tour off with the. But, before we get too carried away here, it’s far from clear how much impact this move will realistically make, and how many devs will actually turn to working with Vulkan and MoltenVK. The new MIUI core also features reworked power management which promises a 10 drop in overall power consumption compared to MIUI 12. So, this looks like a clever idea and a positive turn of events indeed. And, of course, this means more PC games potentially coming to the Mac. This opens another market that developers can target and benefit from, and another reason to work with Vulkan.
Any boost at all is welcome, of course, and there’s another strength here: because Vulkan is a cross-platform API, developers can make games that run across Windows, Linux, and other platforms now, including Apple’s machines.
