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OpenGL Coming to your Cellphone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-the-hell-not dept.

Little Hamster writes "SGI and Nokia have signed an agreement to co-operate on the development of a 3D standard suitable for all embedded mobile terminals, based on OpenGL. This could be used for bringing real 3D Games to mobile devices, 3D global positioning systems, 3D representations of buildings or even creating entire interfaces in 3D. You can also find the press release press release here."

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  1. First we need colour screens... by ngtni · · Score: 2, Informative

    Presumably this technology won't be available for at least a few years, considering that Nokia have not yet launched their full-colour mobiles.

    The Nokia 7650 was scheduled for UK release in May but it's been put back to August.