Just want to add: As far as I know, the "V" in Vulkan is actually supposed to represent 5. As in, the next thing after OpenGL 4, which will be the last version

Just want to add: As far as I know, the "V" in Vulkan is actually supposed to represent 5. As in, the next thing after OpenGL 4, which will be the last version of OpenGL. That, and the volcanic theme to fit with Mantle, the AMD experiment that sort of... inspired Vulkan? Got merged with it? Not sure on the organizational history there.