3D Pipes is still one of the most well-known screen savers of all time. It made its debut in Windows NT 3.5, and now, thanks to a blog post, we know how and why the screensaver was created.
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Organizations, enthusiasts, and developers might be pleased to know that VMware Workstation Pro now officially supports Windows 11 via a virtual TPM 2.0 device present in version 17.0 of the product.
AMD has pushed out a major driver update for Radeon graphics users, bringing OpenGL performance improvements of up to 79%, AMD Noise Suppression for reducing background noise, and more.
AMD's upcoming Windows 11 22H2 driver based on WDDM 3.1 will finally optimize the performance of OpenGL applications on Radeon GPUs, something which has been a problem for a very long time.
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Valve is planning to remove support for a number of aging configurations in Dota 2, including 32-bit systems, DirectX 9, and OpenGL. The changes will roll out in the coming months.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive could soon be getting a healthy rise in performance on Linux running OpenGL as GL threading has been enabled via a patch on the next Mesa RadeonSI driver update.
Parallels has released version 16 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software for Macs. It brings major performance improvements, better support for OpenGL and DirectX 11 apps, and more.
Microsoft has announced that it's working with Collabora to create mapping layers for OpenCL and OpenGL in DirectX 12, with the goal of supporting more productivity and creative apps.
Vulkan has been added to Cemu with this new release version 1.16.0. The change is said to improve AMD Radeon and Intel graphics performance. The update also brings several other improvements.
Thanks to OpenGL CPU multi-threading, a feature that was introduced two years ago, emulators appear to be running games much faster, often yielding significantly higher frames per second.
The group behind the popular OpenGL standard has released the first version of their low-level graphics API Vulkan for mobile, console and PC graphics, based on AMD's Mantle.
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New rumors claim that Microsoft is working on the next generation version of its DirectX graphics API and that it will allow for low-level access to hardware similar to AMD's Mantle.
Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with all games using DirectX or OpenGL technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks including: Benchmarking Software - See how many Frames Per Second...
More than 3 years on, Opera have released a public preview build of their browser, with a standards-based 3D canvas implementation using WebGL for Windows. In 2007 they had released a preview build showing an...
The reason why OpenGL was not ever officially supported by Microsoft was because of Direct3D. Direct3D is Microsoft's driver model whichis intended to make OpenGL unnecessary. However many games and applications use OpenGL even today....
Microsoft's current plan for OpenGL on Windows Vista is to layer OpenGL over Direct3D in order to use OpenGL with a composited desktop to obtain the Aeroglass experience. If an OpenGL ICD is run -...
Many OpenGL extensions, as well as extensions to related APIs like GLU, GLX, and WGL have been defined by vendors and groups of vendors. The extension registry is maintained by SGI and contains specifications for...
Today Silicon Graphics and the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced OpenGL 2.0 at the SIGGRAPH 2004 tradeshow. This news isn't just exciting for OpenGL 2.0 developers but also for users. Already OpenGL...
The news site ITMedia has put two-and-two together and come up with the possibility that Sony's PlayStation 3 console will use the OpenGL API as a base for games development. Using a number of sources...
Many OpenGL extensions, as well as extensions to related APIs like GLU, GLX, and WGL, have been defined by vendors and groups of vendors.The extension registry is maintained by SGI and contains specifications for all...
Thanks Jadison for the email. Robert Richmond from XtremePcCentral writes a comprehensive article about the upcoming OpenGL 2.0 standard and what to expect from it."OpenGL has been a primary component of three dimensional rendering technology...
Just in time for the 10th anniversary of OpenGL, the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced the ratification and release of the OpenGL 1.4 specification. Developed to provide more realistic graphics with...
Oooh, imagine the possibilities... Silicon Graphics (SGI) and a group of other major players in the computer graphics industry have released the latest specification for the OpenGL application programming interface, OpenGL...
ATI has released a new OpenGL driver library to correct issues with Soldier Of Fortune 2: Double Helix. On levels where snow/fog effects are displayed the screen would display a blue tint. ...
This article written by Promit Roy outlines the structure, strengths and weaknesses of OpenGL and Direct 3D. For many years now, the question "Which should I use: Direct3D or OpenGL?" has elicited...
Ripped from Warp2Search Hey, guys, there's a cool new GeForce3 demo written by Simon Green at NVIDIA. It's based on Jos Stam's stable fluid solver. One of the...