OpenGL Headline News
Overview of Qt3D 2.0 – Part 3 - Shadow Mapping
Category: Developers • Applications • Comments
Jan 22, 2015
KDAB are rewriting the Qt3D module of Qt 5 to provide an easy but flexible API for easily getting 3D content into your Qt applications using either C++ or QML. Qt3D is built on top of OpenGL and OpenGL ES and provides a data-driven renderer configuration. One of the biggest driving factors behind the design of Qt3D 2.0 is the ability to configure the renderer in order to accommodate custom rendering techniques. In this blog post I will explain how to render a scene in Qt3D with shadows.
NVIDIA has provided OpenGL and OpenGL ES examples
Category: Developers • Comments
Jan 21, 2015
NVIDIA has provided a set of OpenGL and OpenGL ES examples illustrating various techniques and features to use in your own code. The GameWorks examples are aimed more at game developers, and run on Windows, Linux and Android. They are broken down by topic. The “NVIDIA Professional Visualization” set of examples are OpenGL based, and aimed more at the professional workstation developers. The repository is new, so expect more samples to be published soon. Linux support is being worked on. You can find the examples on Github.
GLFW 3.1 released
Category: Developers • Comments
Jan 19, 2015
GLFW is a library for portable OpenGL and OpenGL ES desktop application development. It manages windows, contexts, monitors and input. Version 3.1 adds improved documentation, support for custom cursors, file drop events, main thread wake-up, single buffered windows, fixes for a large number of bugs and more.
Khronos wants your input to help name the next generation OpenGL!
Category: General • Developers • Comments
Jan 16, 2015
Have you heard about the next generation OpenGL initiative? Khronos Group is designing a ground-up, cross-platform API to enable direct access to modern GPUs. We think this is a pretty big deal and we are seeking community input on the name for this new API. Please take a few minutes to take our survey. Your input along with that of others will help guide the naming of this significant initiative.
Shield Tablet supports OpenGL 4.5 now
Category: Developers • Comments
Jan 13, 2015
Remember when mobile devices required you to compromise with a less-than-state-of-the-art OpenGL ES implementation? Those days are past; now you can develop for a mobile device with complete feature support for state-of-the-art OpenGL 4.5, no compromises or deprecation and all the NVIDIA OpenGL extensions available too. The latest Shield Tablet software upgrade 2.1 now includes full OpenGL 4.5 support.
