OpenGL Headline News
Voreen 4.3 released
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Jun 14, 2013
Version 4.3 of the open-source, cross-platform volume visualization tool Voreen is now available for download. This version adds an octree-based out-of-core volume renderer implemented in OpenCL as well as an OpenGL 4.3 multi-volume raycaster that supports polyhedral proxy geometries and the integration of semi-transparent geometries.
Apple Adds OpenGL 4 Support in OS X 10.9 Mavericks!
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Jun 14, 2013
Developers for Apple OS X have been asking for an upgrade from OpenGL 3.x (with GLSL version limitations) to OpenGL 4.x and the powerful core features it exposes like tessellation. With the announcement of OS X Mavericks Apple has added support for OpenGL 4.1 core profile to their operating system.
GLFW 3.0 released
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Jun 13, 2013
GLFW is a library for portable OpenGL application development. It manages windows, OpenGL contexts, resolution switching and provides keyboard, mouse, joystick and time input. Version 3.0 removes deprecated features and adds a new API supporting multiple windows and monitors, sRGB, robustness, OpenGL ES, high-DPI, gamma ramps, callbacks for more events, clipboard text I/O, an error description callback, layout-independent keyboard input, UTF-8 for all strings and more.
A texture viewer for 3D graphics engineers
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Jun 13, 2013
Pico Pixel is a texture viewer for 3D graphics developers. It can zoom in and out on details, inspect color channels and display detailed color information at any pixel. Pico pixel can navigate through the mip levels of textures (2D, cube maps and volumes). Pico Pixel uses OpenGL and GPU technology for fast image operations and smooth user interaction.
OpenGL Space Combat and Strategy Game Programming
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Jun 07, 2013
Learn by doing with a series of game prototypes to demonstrate the fundamentals of OpenGL-based space combat and realtime strategy game programming. Just released, prototype 5 is focusing on 3D model integration and warp flight visualisation: -simple 3D model (spaceship) rendering with deferred lighting -Visualisation of the activated warp engines -Blurred stars depending on the actual flight direction -Red- and blueshift of the irradiated light (from visible stars and nebulas) depending on the camera view direction -Warp stripes around the spaceship.
