Why does something not happening on your personal schedule mean that "the industry of computer graphics is going dead silently?" Why should something have happened?
Yes. They're hiding the fact that graphics are good enough for now. They're hiding the fact that between image_load_store and OpenCL, you can pretty much do whatever you want in as fast a way as the hardware allows.Are they hiding something?
Well, both AMD and NVIDIA have released some extensions in the recent past so there is a lot of things going on. Not to mention that other extensions are on the way, at least AMD's virtual texture implementation, GL_AMD_sparse_texture which has been already announced at GDC in March.Originally Posted by glfreak
Though, somewhat agree with Alfonse that the more flexible features you have (which we have plenty already) the less new features you might need. However, don't forget that both AMD and NVIDIA have released their new GPU generation just in the recent past (Southern Islands in December and Kepler in March) and this may mean even more new extensions.
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Yes it's and always has been the case, it's something relative. However, the API is not relatively perfect yet. That's why I'm curious why it's taking so long to polish some stuff instead of hacking it, such as the shader calls and needlessly long function names. Or at least do something about the antiquated OpenGL32.DLL. Don't we need a unified context manager that belongs to the OpenGL rather than the ignorant platforms?Yes. They're hiding the fact that graphics are good enough for now.
None of what you suggested is going to happen. So stop expecting it to and just accept what you have now.However, the API is not relatively perfect yet.
Your confidence explains a lot.None of what you suggested is going to happen.
OpenGL32.DLL belongs to Microsoft. Ask MS to do something about it, not people on this board.
(usually just hobbyist) OpenGL driver developer
I'm not asking you or anyone on this board to do something about it. Take it easyOpenGL32.DLL belongs to Microsoft. Ask MS to do something about it, not people on this board.
Don't even bother with OpenGL32.DLL. The whole WGL goes away in WinRT (aka metro API)
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How to use OpenGL then on WinRT? What're the alternative calls?The whole WGL goes away in WinRT (aka metro API)
You don't use OpenGL on WinRT. You can only get OpenGL when using Win32. So OpenGL doesn't exist for applications developed under WinRT.
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