Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 12th Aug 2007 23:10 UTC, submitted by irbis
3D News, GL, DirectX The OpenGL Architecture Review Board officially announced OpenGL 3 on August 8th 2007 at the Siggraph Birds of a Feather (BOF) in San Diego, CA. OpenGL 3 is the official name for what has previously been called OpenGL Longs Peak. OpenGL 3 is a true industry effort with broad support from all vendors in the ARB. The OpenGL 3 specification is on track to be finalized at the next face-to-face meeting of the OpenGL ARB, at the end of August. This means the specification can be publicly available as soon as the end of September, after the mandatory 30 day Khronos approval period has passed. Also presented were the changes to the OpenGL Shading Language that will accompany OpenGL 3. For more details check here, here and here.
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doesn't help linux porting
by elanthis on Mon 13th Aug 2007 01:06 UTC
elanthis
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2007-02-17

if they are making games with opengl3 from the ground up they should be able to just release a linux binary instead of using wine. THAT is what i want to see more of.


Right, because the only platform-locked API used in a Windows game is the graphics API. The common 3D sound APIs, game-optimized networking layers, input handlers, movie playback engines, VoIP integrated systems, and so on are all complete non-players, I'm sure.</sarcasm>