Welcome to the OpenGL Web Site

Detailed Index to OpenGL Information

• Overviews
• Frequently Asked Question Lists
• OpenGL Tutorials
• Miscellaneous Information
• OpenGL Implementation Information
• Silicon Graphics OpenGL Documentation
• Books on OpenGL
• Technical Information
• OpenGL Extensions
• OpenGL Benchmarks
• Architectural Review Board
• Sample Code
• OpenGL-based Rendering Techniques
• Gaming with OpenGL
• OpenGL Language Bindings for Ada, FORTRAN, and Java
• OpenGL for X, MacOS, Linux, OS/2, BeOS, etc.
• OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) (a platform-independent windowing API for OpenGL)
• Software & Applications
• Software Distributions (by ftp)
• Higher-level OpenGL libraries
• Newsgroups

OpenGL Overviews

• The www.opengl.org Web Site 
• OpenGL 1.2 Features and Capabilities
• SGI OpenGL WWW Center
• Yahoo OpenGL pointers page
• How OpenGL differs from IRIS GL
• OpenGL API Specifications
• Byte Magazine: OpenGL's Command Structure

OpenGL Frequently Asked Question Lists

• Hypertext OpenGL FAQ
• GLUT FAQ
• OpenGL Optimizer
• IRIS Performer FAQ
• ImageVision FAQ

OpenGL Implementation Information

• 1997 SIGGRAPH/EuroGraphics Workshop on Graphics Hardware: Realizing OpenGL, two implementations of one architecture
• Graphics Interface '95: System Support for OpenGL Direct Rendering (PostScript)
• X Tech '94: X Server Multirendering for OpenGL and PEX (PostScript)
• Connectathon '96: GLX, the protocol for networked OpenGL (SGI Showcase)
• High-Performance Graphics Hardware Design Requirements

Technical Information

• 1997 SIGGRAPH/EuroGraphics Workshop on Graphics Hardware: Realizing OpenGL, two implementations of one architecture
• Is your X code ready for 64-bit?
• OpenGL Render Serving with GLR
• Pipelined Multiprocessor Movie Compression of Hardware Rendered Scenes
• OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) Specification, version 3 (PostScript)
• Connectathon '96: GLX, the protocol for networked OpenGL (SGI Showcase)
• Graphics Interface '95: System Support for OpenGL Direct Rendering (PostScript)
• X Tech '94: X Server Multirendering for OpenGL and PEX (PostScript)
• X Tech '95: D11: a high-performance, protocol-optional, transport-optional window system with X11 compatibility and semantics (PostScript)
• The Silicon Graphics X Server, IRIX 4.0.5 (PostScript)
• A Three Color Cursor for Silicon Graphics Workstations
• Way cool, way fast OpenGL rendering techniques
• A Simple OpenGL-based API for Texture Mapped Text
• Shadows, Lighting, Reflections, and Textures all at Once.
• Achieving Quality PostScript output for OpenGL
• Rendering a Magic Halo with OpenGL
• Fast OpenGL-based "in place" scale & bias technique
• OpenGL-based Real-Time Shadows with Stenciled Shadow Volumes

Silicon Graphics OpenGL Documentation

• OpenGL on Silicon Graphics Systems (IRIX 6.4 version)
• The OpenGL Porting Guide (IRIX 6.4 version)

Books on OpenGL

• Info on Programming OpenGL for the X Window System
• Programming OpenGL for the X Window System : table of contents

OpenGL Extensions

• OpenGL Extension Registry

OpenGL Benchmarks

• OpenGL Performance Characterization Project
• What's This Thing Called "Viewperf"?
• Download the Viewperf Benchmark
• An Application-specific OpenGL Benchmark Harness
• Indy3D, an OpenGL benchmark by Sense8 Corporation and Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.

OpenGL-based Rendering Techniques

• Way cool, way fast OpenGL rendering techniques
• Caustics: OpenGL-rendering of Underwater Caustics
• Rendering Fast reflections with OpenGL
• Shadows, Lighting, Reflections, and Textures all at Once.
• OpenGL-based Quality Real-Time Shadows
• PostScript: Achieving Quality PostScript output for OpenGL
• Rendering a Magic Halo with OpenGL
• Scale & Bias: Fast OpenGL-based "in place" scale & bias technique
• A Simple OpenGL-based API for Texture Mapped Text
• Virtualized OpenGL Light Sources for Efficient Multi-Light Source Lighting
• OpenGL Projected Textures
• Multi-pass Texturing in OpenGL for Pseudo-procedural Effects
• Tubing & Extrusion: The GLE Tubing and Extrusion Library Home Page (source code)

OpenGL for Windows from SGI

• OpenGL for Windows from Silicon Graphics

OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

• Getting the GLUT 3.6 software distribution
• OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) Specification, version 3 (PostScript, PDF).
• Frequently Asked GLUT Questions
• GLUT 3.6 for Windows NT & Windows 95
• Pre-compiled Win32 for Intel GLUT 3.6 DLLs for Windows 95 & NT
• Pre-compiled Win32 for Alpha GLUT 3.5 DLLs for Windows NT
• A Brief microUI (MUI) Tutorial (a GLUT-based user interface toolkit)

Free OpenGL-related Software

• Source code and executable for Quake database walk-through using OpenGL

Software Distributions (by ftp)

• Getting the GLUT 3.7 software distribution
• The X Journal OpenGL sample program from "OpenGL and X" series

Higher-level OpenGL libraries

• OpenGL Optimizer for CAD applications
• IRIS Performer visual simulation toolkit
• ImageVision image processing toolkit

Newsgroups

• comp.graphics.api.opengl

The OpenGL information is supported by Jon Leech (Email: opengl@oddhack.engr.sgi.com)