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vulkan-extensionlayer

brew install vulkan-extensionlayer v1.4.350.1 Apache-2.0

Layer providing Vulkan features when native support is unavailable

67
30-day installs · #4077
156
90-day · #4638
772
365-day · #4260

Runtime dependencies

glslang spirv-headers spirv-tools vulkan-headers vulkan-utility-libraries

Build dependencies

cmake

Links

Caveats

In order to use these layers in a Vulkan application, you may need to place them in the environment with
  export VK_LAYER_PATH=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/vulkan-extensionlayer/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
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