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title: 'Khronos Group Releases New Vulkan Extension - VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer'
url: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-21322-e6058870cab3ffac10400b1cb58b407d'
markdown: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-21322-e6058870cab3ffac10400b1cb58b407d.md'
date: '2022-11-21'
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#  Khronos Group Releases New Vulkan Extension - VK\_EXT\_descriptor\_buffer 

  November 21st at 5:29pm

 The new VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer extension will change how engines approach descriptors going forward. Descriptor sets are now backed by VkBuffer objects where you memcpy in descriptors. In the following blog, Hans-Kristian Arntzen, gives us an overview of the new extension including the history, reasoning, and how to implement. 

 [ Read More  ](https://khr.io/zn)

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