The Khronos group has released versions 4.0 and 3.3 of the OpenGL spec, the latest version of the cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API used on all major desktop operating systems, ...

For OpenGL 2 capable hardware, these new extensions are provided: * ARB_texture_swizzle (also in core OpenGL 3.3) * ARB_sampler_objects (also in core OpenGL 3.3) * ARB_occlusion_query2 (also in core ...

The Khronos Group that maintains the OpenGL API launched two new flavors of the specification at the Games Developer Conference (GDC) this week. OpenGL 4.0 is designed to update the API to DirectX ...

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Apple has taken the first steps toward completely killing OpenGL and OpenCL in Mojave in favor of its own Metal technology. Buried in the developer's documentation section, Apple made the declaration ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. With the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco underway, Khronos Group, the association behind ...

Open standard 3D API specification available immediately; Provides performance, quality and flexibility enhancements including tessellation and double precision shaders; Tight integration with OpenCL ...