| Developer(s) | Silicon Graphics |
|---|---|
| Stable release | n/a / 1992; 32 years ago (1992) |
| Operating system | IRIX |
| Type | API |
| License | Various proprietary |
IRIS GL (Integrated Raster Imaging System Graphics Library) is a proprietary graphics API created by Silicon Graphics (SGI) in the early 1980s for producing 2D and 3D computer graphics on their IRIX-based IRIS graphical workstations. Later SGI removed their proprietary code, reworked various system calls, and released IRIS GL as the industry standard OpenGL.
See also
- Silicon Graphics Image for file extension
.iris - SGI IRIS
- IrisVision - first port to PCs
References
- ^ Seddon, Chris (2005). "History of OpenGL". OpenGL Game Development. Wordware. p. 43. ISBN 1-55622-989-5.
- Kilgard, Mark (2008). "OpenGL Prehistory: IRIS GL (slide from SIGGRAPH talk)". www.slideshare.net.
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- Peddie, Jon (July 2012). "Who's the Fairest of Them All?". Computer Graphics World. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- "OpenGL ARB to Pass Control of OpenGL Specification to Khronos Group". The Khronos Group. July 31, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- Clark, James (July 1982). "The Geometry Engine: A VLSI Geometry System for Graphics" (PDF). Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques. pp. 127–133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2015-06-08.