OpenGL
Sign in to saveOpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardware-accelerated rendering.
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OpenGL is a software tool that lets programs create and display 2D and 3D graphics by communicating directly with your computer's graphics processor. It matters because it enables fast, efficient rendering of graphics across different computers and operating systems, making it widely useful for everything from video games to professional visualization software.
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Key facts
- Software.license
- Open source license for use of the Sample Implementation (SI): This is a Free Software License B closely modeled on BSD, X, and Mozilla licenses. Trademark license for new licensees who want to use the OpenGL trademark and logo and claim conformance.
- Software.name
- OpenGL
- Software.logo
- OpenGL logo (2D).svg
- Software.logo size
- 220px
- Software.screenshot
- Linux kernel and OpenGL video games.svg
- Software.caption
- A diagram of how video games on Linux outsource real-time rendering calculations to a GPU using OpenGL
- Software.author
- Silicon Graphics
- Software.developer
- Khronos Group(formerly ARB)
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.replaced_by
- Vulkan
- Software.genre
- 3D graphics API
Article
31 sectionsContents
- Design
- Development
- Documentation
- Associated libraries
- Context and window toolkits
- Extension loading libraries
- Implementations
- History
- Industry support
- Version history
- OpenGL 2.0
- OpenGL 2.1
- Longs Peak and OpenGL 3.0
- OpenGL 3.0
- OpenGL 3.1
- OpenGL 3.2
- OpenGL 3.3
- OpenGL 4.0
- OpenGL 4.1
- OpenGL 4.2
- OpenGL 4.3
- OpenGL 4.4
- OpenGL 4.5
- OpenGL 4.6
- Alternative implementations
- {{anchor|glNext}}{{anchor|Vulkan}}Vulkan
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardware-accelerated rendering.
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) began developing OpenGL in 1991 and released it on June 30, 1992. It is used for a variety of applications, including computer-aided design (CAD), video games, scientific visualization, virtual reality, and flight simulation. Since 2006, OpenGL has been managed by the non-profit technology consortium Khronos Group.