OpenGL
Valve to unveil Khronos’ glNext at GDC next month
The next iteration of the popular graphics API, OpenGL, will be on hand at next month’s GDC, and Valve will be involved.
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Nvidia, AMD & Intel champion OpenGL at GDC, say it can offer 7-15 times better performance in games
OpenGL was praised at GDC this week in a joint panel session featuring Nvidia’s Cass Everitt and John McDonald, AMD’s Graham Sellers and Intel’s Tim Foley. The group claimed that by using OpenGL in their games, developers can expect a performance boost of anywhere between 7-15 times what they would see when using alternatives.
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Rumour: PlayStation 4 to run with Native OpenGL
PlayStation 4/Orbis will run OpenGL API natively, a TSA report has said, and has been backed up by a VG247 source.