Equalizer v0.2 parallel OpenGL API rendering framework adds support for scalable rendering

Dec 30, 2006

Equalizer is an open source programming interface and resource management system for scalable multipipe OpenGL API-based applications. Version 0.2 adds support for scalable rendering, by using multiple CPU’s, GPU’s and computers to scale the rendering performance of a single view. Currently supported are sort-first (2D), sort-last (DB) and eye task decomposition, as well as parallel compositing, including, but not limited to, direct send and binary swap sort-last compositing. Equalizer is a cross-platform toolkit and is initially available for Linux and Mac OS X.

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WinBasicGL v1.0 BASIC language with support for 100+ OpenGL API calls

Dec 29, 2006

WinBasicGL is a simple programming environment for Win32 platform with support for over 100 OpenGL API commands. This allows you to create simple games, demos and graphics applications using the BASIC programming language. It use FASM as a backend Assembler to generate the final executable.

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Linderdaum Engine SDK v0.5.70 adds new advanced OpenGL API functionality

Dec 28, 2006

The Linderdaum Engine is an open source purely object-oriented 3D gaming engine written in C++. It is designed to be not only the class library, but also an integrated out-of-the box solution for the development of interactive 3D games. It uses OpenGL 2.1 and the OpenGL Shading Language to provide features found in high-end commercial 3D engines. The new SDK v0.5.70 adds enhanced rendering including floating point rendering, MRTs, HDR, NPOT textures, multisampling,  and dynamic textures, more file formats support , improved resources manager (faster precaching, rloading of resources at runtime), support for the LibVorbis and 3D audio. The SDK contains source code for the demos.

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BuGLe OpenGL API debugger adds range remapping and better ATI support

Dec 27, 2006

BuGLe is an open-source OpenGL API debugger for UNIX systems. The latest release adds an option in the texture and framebuffer viewers to remap the range. This is useful for viewing textures with data outside the [0, 1] range as well as images with low dynamic range. BuGLe should also work much better on ATI cards.

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Theater Booth Session at GDC March 7, 2007: What’s New with OpenGL?

Dec 22, 2006

At GDC 2007 (03-07-07, 2PM-6PM, San Francisco), the Khronos Group will host an in-depth series of sessions on the OpenGL API in "on-the-show-floor" theater/classroom (Booth #260). This course will be taught by leading developers and will cover what's new in the OpenGL 2.1 and upcoming in "Longs Peak" and "Mt. Evans".

• Presentation covering general developments in the API, including future direction; and a detailed tutorial on the most relevant new standard features: FBO and EXT_gpu_shader4
• Performance analysis and optimization
• Development Tools including an update from the Tools working group and a presentation from Graphics Remedy
• FX topics including addressing the use of GPGPU effects for enhancing rendering

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QuteMol v0.4 molecular visualizer using OpenGL API-based shaders adds GIF animation export

Dec 22, 2006

QuteMol is an open source, interactive, high quality molecular visualization system for understanding the of the 3D shape and structure of large molecules or complex proteins. It exploits the current GPU capabilites through OpenGL API-based shaders to offers real time ambient occlusion, interactive rendering of large molecules, and depth aware silhouette enhancement. The new v0.4 adds enhanced coloring, anti-aliasing, and GIF animation export.

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GenCrowd 3D v2.0 OpenGL API-based head creation software adds bone-riggin and export formats

Dec 22, 2006

GenCrowd 3D is a stand-alone software tool that is enables quick and easy creation of hundreds of realistic, copyright free, 3D heads by age, gender and ethnicity, using the OpenGL API for rendering and real-time interactiviy. With the new v2.0, the resultant heads (mesh and texture), including morph targets or a ‘bone rig’ for animation, can be exported into industry-standard art/animation tool suites in a variety of file formats, mesh resolutions and texture sizes.

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K-3D v0.6.5.0 OpenGL API-based 3D modeler, animator and renderer add new UI

Dec 22, 2006

K-3D is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for Linux and Win32. If features creation and editing of geometry in multiple realtime OpenGL API-based solid, shaded, and texture-mapped views; unlimited undos and redos;  extensibility at runtime through third-party plugins; animated procedural geometric effects; all parameters animatable through a consistent control-spline based interface; and rendering pipeline to Renderman Interface compliant rendering engines. The new v0.6.5.0 adds a new UI and greatly enhanced stability

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PDF Cube 0.0.2 uses the OpenGL API to add spinning cube page transitions to PDF documents

Dec 19, 2006

PDF Cube is an OpenGL API-based PDF viewer that adds a compiz/Keynote-like spinning cube trasition effect to your PDF presentations (including Latex, Beamer and Prosper). You can also zoom on 5 predefined areas of any presentation page with a smooth zooming effect.

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Experimental Robotics Framework OpenGL API-based graphical component system

Dec 18, 2006

The Experimental Robotics Framework is a OpenGL API-based graphical component system. It’s designed for rapid prototyping of components and it can be used for other activities other than robotics. It is very similar to IBM eclipse but in this case for 3D applications and based on C++ instead of Java. It supports webcam, latex, picking, OpenGL Shading Language shaders, voice interfacing and more.

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