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OpenGL 4.1 Specification Announced

Posted by kdawson on from the gentlemen-start-your-coders dept.

WesternActor writes "The Khronos Group has announced full details for the OpenGL 4.1 specification. Among the new features of the spec, which comes just five months after the release of the 4.0 specification, is full support for OpenGL ES, which simplifies porting between mobile and desktop platforms. It'll be interesting to see what effect, if any, this new spec has on the graphics industry — more compatibility could change the way many embedded systems are designed. There are lots of other changes and additions in the spec, as well." Reader suraj.sun contributes insight from Ars, which brings OpenGL's competition into focus: "OpenGL 4.0 brought feature parity with Direct3D 11's new features — in particular, compute shaders and tessellation — and with 4.1, the Khronos Group claims that it is surpassing the functionality offered in Microsoft's 3D API. ... Whether this truly constitutes a leapfrogging of Direct3D 11 is not obvious."

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  1. That's all great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But, how does this benefit porn viewing?

    1. Re:That's all great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      3-D man! Pay attention.

    2. Re:That's all great by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, for slashdotters, it may actually be as good as it gets...

    3. Re:That's all great by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

      But unless they can fully simulate boob physics proper, it's all for nothing.

      You're applying way higher standards to hypothetical 3d porn than you are the porn sitting on your hard drive right now.

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      "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)

    4. Re:That's all great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Do moms tits count?

    5. Re:That's all great by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

      Howdy cow... those Japanese AREinsane:

      RapeLay is played from the perspective of a chikan named Kimura Masaya, who stalks and subsequently rapes the Kiryuu family (a mother and her two young daughters).
      The player can choose from a variety of sexual positions, and controls the action by making movements with the mouse or by scrolling the mouse wheel.

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    6. Re:That's all great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, for non-obese slashdotters, at least

  2. Re:Is opengl relevant anymore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open GL is definitely still relevent, but you can't ignore the 800lb gorilla in the room. (Xbox360)

    That's just because it's on fire.