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niagara: Opacity micromaps is a free YouTube video on the Arseny Kapoulkine channel, a session in Arseny Kapoulkine's Niagara live coding series.

Niagara series livestream by Arseny Kapoulkine implementing opacity micromaps with the VK_KHR_opacity_micromap Vulkan extension. Walks through OMM concepts, build buffers, BLAS integration, triangle corner order fixes, shader enablement, and performance results. Aimed at graphics programmers adding hardware-accelerated alpha-tested geometry to Vulkan ray tracing.

It is aimed at advanced graphics programmers and matches the audience implied by Arseny Kapoulkine's other work.

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