OpenGL Galvanizes Game Graphics
The organization behind the OpenGL graphics software released specifications Thursday for a major update designed to add some razzle-dazzle to computer games.
Source: c|netSpecifications for version 2.0 of OpenGL are available for download now from the Open GL Architecture Review Board, the industry body that oversees the open graphics standard. OpenGL is a collection of application programming interfaces, or APIs, for creating 2D and 3D computer graphics. The standard is maintained by a body composed of representatives from major companies such as Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems and IBM. It competes with Microsoft's DirectX library of APIs for displaying graphics in Windows. Microsoft quit the OpenGL board last year, saying the standard was progressing too slowly to keep pace with advances in technology and Microsoft's own efforts with DirectX.
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