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vulkan-validationlayers

brew install vulkan-validationlayers v1.4.350.1 Apache-2.0

Vulkan layers that enable developers to verify correct use of the Vulkan API

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In order to use this layer in a Vulkan application, you may need to place it in the environment with
  export VK_LAYER_PATH=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/vulkan-validationlayers/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
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