The OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced the availability of the OpenGL 1.4 specification.
New OpenGL 1.4 core features include:
Depth textures and shadow textures, enabling real-time shadows and related image-based rendering techniques
Vertex programming framework, setting the stage for user-defined geometry, lighting and shading programs and enabling high-level general-purpose shading languages
Automatic texture mipmap generation, providing updates and texture filtering for dynamic textures
Multiple draw arrays for higher geometry throughput
Window raster position, for precise 2D and image rendering
User-defined fog coordinate, for advanced fog effects
User-defined secondary color, point parameters, texture
level-of-detail bias, texture crossbar, and new frame buffer
blending modes and stenciling functions for flexible shading and rendering effects.
OpenGL 1.4 implementations are expected to be available for various platforms later this year.
OpenGL 1.4 Spec Announced
The OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) announced the availability of the OpenGL 1.4 specification.
New OpenGL 1.4 core features include:
Depth textures and shad...