OpenGL is an open-source library of graphics functions, maintained by an industry consortium, that provides a cross-platform specification for 3-D rendering and hardware acceleration of graphics.

He suggests, for instance, using the color data from the user's current GTK theme when rendering OpenGL elements, particularly backgrounds.

OpenGL celebrates its 20th birthday with two new versions D3D 11 parity for OpenGL, richer mobile graphics, and 4,000x faster than in '92.

Game developers often use OpenGL to handle the rendering chores for graphics-intensive games. OpenGL is an application programming interface for efficiently rendering two- and three-dimensional ...

NVIDIA's developer site is serving new drivers. The main feature is that it is supplying support for openGL 3.3 , within a week of the opengl 3.3 announcement. This set seems to work great as ...

1) How do I start using OpenGL 3.0 in my code base? In order to use OpenGL 3.0 and later versions, any application explicitly has to "opt in" to use these versions.

The Khronos Group has announced the release of OpenGL 3.2, a new version of the 2D and 3D graphics specification Apple uses in Mac OS X.

A recent Japanese article featured on ITMedia highlighted the possibility of Sony utilising the OpenGL API for the forthcoming PlayStation3. According to a report on EETimes, it’s claimed that ...

New Orleans - The Khronos Group, today announced OpenGL 3.2, the third major update in twelve months to the most widely adopted 2D and 3D graphics API (application programming interface) for ...

This new release continues the rapid evolution of the OpenGL standard to enable graphics developers to portably access cutting-edge GPU functionality across diverse operating systems and platforms.