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Virtualbox 3.0 Announces OpenGL/Direct3D Support

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 1, 2009 @10:33AM from the can-this-vm-be-simulated-though dept.

bl8n8r writes "Apparently, Virtualbox 3.0 released today (2009-07-01) brings with it 'OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests; and experimental support for Direct3D 8/9 applications on Windows guests.' Maybe we can finally game in a VM?"

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Re:Does this even matter? by Chabo · 2009-07-01 11:01 · Score: 3, Insightful

Well, hopefully this could put people over the edge to use Linux full-time (myself included). Many people currently use Windows for gaming, and don't dual-boot because it's a hassle. If I could run in Linux 24/7, and run my games without rebooting, either in a VM or in Wine, that would be excellent.

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Re:Finally? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-01 13:15 · Score: 4, Insightful

I find it quite cool that they just say it. Why not!? Good for them!
Re:Vmware by RDaneel2 · 2009-07-01 13:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

Ummm... for those playing along at home, you are talking about the Workstation product - which as you note, costs money.

The Server product, which is free, does not support the more interesting graphics APIs.