---
title: 'Ultra Engine 0.9.6 Released with Vulkan GLSL features'
url: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-22719-337c7eda587bf9973f32ae7c3c20f1e4'
markdown: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-22719-337c7eda587bf9973f32ae7c3c20f1e4.md'
date: '2024-07-24'
taxonomy:
  tag:
    - glsl
---

#  Ultra Engine 0.9.6 Released with Vulkan GLSL features 

  July 24th at 11:31pm

 Ultra Engine 0.9.6 introduces a new foliage system using GLSL compute shaders for efficient rendering of dense forests. The engine makes extensive use of Khronos’ glTF file format and PBR rendering reference code. Ultra Engine leverages Khronos technologies to provide up to 10x faster framerates for games and VR applications. 

 [ Read More  ](https://www.ultraengine.com/community/blogs/entry/2847-ultra-engine-096-released/)

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