VK_NVX_image_view_handle(3)

# VK_NVX_image_view_handle(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NVX_image_view_handle - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

31

## Revision

4

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Contact

- Eric Werness [GitHub]ewerness-nv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2025-12-03

Contributors

  - Eric Werness, NVIDIA

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

  - Liam Middlebrook, NVIDIA

  - Rodrigo Locatti, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension allows applications to query an opaque handle from an image view for use as a sampled image or storage image. This provides no direct functionality itself.

## New Commands

- vkGetDeviceCombinedImageSamplerIndexNVX

- vkGetImageViewAddressNVX

- vkGetImageViewHandle64NVX

- vkGetImageViewHandleNVX

## New Structures

- VkImageViewAddressPropertiesNVX

- VkImageViewHandleInfoNVX

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NVX_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NVX_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_ADDRESS_PROPERTIES_NVX

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_INFO_NVX

## Version History

- Revision 4, 2025-12-03 (Rodrigo Locatti)

  - Add vkGetDeviceCombinedImageSamplerIndexNVX

- Revision 3, 2024-11-04 (Liam Middlebrook)

  - Add vkGetImageViewHandle64NVX

- Revision 2, 2020-04-03 (Piers Daniell)

  - Add vkGetImageViewAddressNVX

- Revision 1, 2018-12-07 (Eric Werness)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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