A diagram of how video games on Linux outsource real-time rendering calculations to a GPU using OpenGL.
Original author(s)
Silicon Graphics
Developer(s)
Khronos Group (formerly ARB)
Initial release
June 30, 1992; 31 years ago (1992-06-30)
Stable release
4.6[1]
/ 31 July 2017; 6 years ago (31 July 2017)
Written in
C[2]
Successor
Vulkan
Type
3D graphics API
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.[3]
Website
opengl.org
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library[4]) 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.[5][6] 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.[7]
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