Add an Opacity Micromap sample

[yknishidate]

Hi,

I have been experimenting with an Opacity Micromap sample based on VK_EXT_opacity_micromap in my personal fork:

https://github.com/yknishidate/Vulkan-Samples/tree/omm_sample

I know that NVIDIA already provides dedicated samples here:

https://github.com/NVIDIA-RTX/OMM-Samples

However, if there is value in adding an Opacity Micromap sample to the Vulkan-Samples repository as well, I would be happy to prepare a PR. (Unlike NVIDIA’s sample, my sample does not depend on an external OMM SDK; it bakes the OMM using a simple compute shader.)

One thing to note is that my current implementation is based on VK_EXT_opacity_micromap. Since the VK_KHR_opacity_micromap specification appears to have been finalized only a few days ago, I am thinking it may be better to wait a little, migrate the sample to the KHR version, and then submit a PR.

Also, the leaf image used as the alpha mask is not included in my current working branch. If the maintainers are open to accepting this sample, I would also like to add the image to the Vulkan-Samples-Assets repository. The image was drawn by myself in Figma.

Please let me know whether this would be a welcome addition, and whether you would prefer the sample to target the KHR version before opening a PR.

Thanks!

[SaschaWillems]

This is indeed a welcome addition. If possible, we'd prefer a version using the KHR extension, as that has significant changes to the API.