OpenGL 4.3, OpenGL ES 3.0 Specifications Unveiled

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenGL 4.3, OpenGL ES 3.0 Specifications Unveiled

Just as I reported last week would happen at SIGGRAPH and in late May first talked about OpenGL ES 3.0, today at the first day of SIGGRAPH LA 2012 the Khronos Group announced the release of the OpenGL 4.3 and OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics API specifications...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE1NTA

[losinggeneration]

Just as I reported last week would happen at SIGGRAPH

Speculative reporting isn't really reporting. When you're taking a guess, even an educated guess, it's speculation not reporting. Please don't try to pass it off as anything else; it tends to discredit when you actually report on other stories. Basically it shows you not knowing the difference between a report and speculation. BTW, you're free to speculate on things as much as you like, but you really need to work on not passing it off as reporting and call it what it is.

[Fazer]

Speculative reporting isn't really reporting. When you're taking a guess, even an educated guess, it's speculation not reporting. Please don't try to pass it off as anything else; it tends to discredit when you actually report on other stories. Basically it shows you not knowing the difference between a report and speculation. BTW, you're free to speculate on things as much as you like, but you really need to work on not passing it off as reporting and call it what it is.

Maybe he had inside sources?

[losinggeneration]

Maybe he had inside sources?

Possibly, but based on a quote from the other story

On Wednesday, 8 August, there will be a Khronos news conference to "Join us for great news about Khronos APIs!" This will most likely be where OpenGL 4.3 and OpenGL ES 3.0 will be introduced.

I'd say most likely not since he does not mention any inside sources for this conjecture.

[d2kx]

Oh come on guys. If we are really strict you might be right but who cares? Let's not kill this thread right from the start.

[losinggeneration]

Oh come on guys. If we are really strict you might be right but who cares? Let's not kill this thread right from the start.

Someone who wants to be a credible source should care, but I digress, as for the topic at hand, I think it's great that OpenGL 4.3 is out as well as the long awaited OpenGL ES 3.0.

[M1kkko]

And I still don't, after all these years, quite get it how there can be an "OpenGL" specification without a free implementation of it? I know it's always been this way, but I've never quite understood..

[smitty3268]

And I still don't, after all these years, quite get it how there can be an "OpenGL" specification without a free implementation of it? I know it's always been this way, but I've never quite understood..

Because the "Open" doesn't refer to free software - it means it is open to any company willing to invest enough to join, rather than being strictly controlled by a single company like Direct3D is. (though of course even D3D brings in the manufacturers)

[pingufunkybeat]

Because the "Open" doesn't refer to free software - it means it is open to any company willing to invest enough to join, rather than being strictly controlled by a single company like Direct3D is. (though of course even D3D brings in the manufacturers)

Yes, but it would make sense for an "open" standard to have a reference implementation which you could use as a gold standard for correctness.

This is not always the case, but I find it strange.

[M1kkko]

Yes, but it would make sense for an "open" standard to have a reference implementation which you could use as a gold standard for correctness.

This is not always the case, but I find it strange.

That's what I had in mind. The current situation is, "you can use OpenGL, but only with proprietary drivers".