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Virtualbox 3.0 Announces OpenGL/Direct3D Support

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Finally? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find it quite cool that they just say it. Why not!? Good for them!

  2. Re:Vmware by RDaneel2 · · 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.