<s>
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
which	O
allows	O
Vulkan	B-Application
applications	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Metal	B-Library
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
tvOS	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
component	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
Portability	O
Initiative	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
run	O
on	O
platforms	O
lacking	O
native	B-Language
Vulkan	B-Application
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
limitations	O
compared	O
with	O
a	O
native	B-Language
Vulkan	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
commercially	O
licensed	O
product	O
by	O
The	O
Brenwill	O
Workshop	O
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Khronos	B-Library
announced	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
Portability	O
Technical	O
Subgroup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Khronos	B-Library
announced	O
that	O
Vulkan	B-Application
became	O
available	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
products	O
through	O
the	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
announced	O
that	O
Dota	B-Application
2	I-Application
will	O
run	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
API	I-Application
with	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
made	O
an	O
arrangement	O
with	O
developer	O
The	O
Brenwill	O
Workshop	O
Ltd	O
to	O
release	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
was	O
updated	O
with	O
Vulkan	B-Application
for	O
Qt	B-Language
on	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
optional	O
Vulkan	B-Application
support	O
for	O
Dota	B-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
macOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Benchmarks	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
available	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
,	O
showing	O
better	O
performance	O
using	O
Vulkan	B-Application
and	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
compared	O
to	O
OpenGL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Wine	B-Application
was	O
updated	O
with	O
Vulkan	B-Application
support	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
app	O
using	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
was	O
accepted	O
onto	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
after	O
initially	O
being	O
rejected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
open-sourced	O
Filament	O
,	O
a	O
crossplatform	B-Operating_System
real-time	B-General_Concept
physically	O
based	O
rendering	O
engine	O
with	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
for	O
macOS/iOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Valve	O
released	O
Artifact	B-Application
,	O
their	O
first	O
Vulkan-only	O
game	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.0.32	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
early	O
prototype	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
Portability	O
Extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPCS3	B-Language
and	O
Dolphin	B-Application
emulators	I-Application
were	O
updated	O
with	O
Vulkan	B-Application
support	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
using	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.0.34	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
tessellation	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.0.36	O
was	O
released	O
targeting	O
Metal	B-Library
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.0.44	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
tvOS	B-Operating_System
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
1.2	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
SDK	O
1.2.121	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.1.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
adding	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Vulkan	B-Application
1.1	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
SDK	O
1.2.154	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
December	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.1.1	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
providing	O
support	O
for	O
Vulkan	B-Application
on	O
Apple	B-Device
silicon	I-Device
GPUs	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
Catalyst	O
platform	O
for	O
porting	O
iOS/iPadOS	O
apps	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.2.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
adding	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Vulkan	B-Application
1.2	O
as	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
SDK	O
1.3.231	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
1.2.2	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Vulkan	B-Application
as	O
of	O
SDK	O
1.3.239	O
,	O
while	O
this	O
vesion	O
of	O
Vulkan	B-Application
SDK	O
fixed	O
some	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
interconnectivity	O
with	O
Meta	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
