OpenGL Releases

• http://www.opengl.org/wiki/History_of_OpenGL
• OpenGL 4.4 (2013)
• OpenGL 4.3 (2012) : Added Compute Shaders. http://www.opengl.org/wiki/Compute_Shader
• OpenGL 4.2 (2011)
• OpenGL 4.1 (2010)
  • OSX 10.9 (Mavericks, Oct 2013)
• OpenGL 4.0 (2010)
• OpenGL 3.3 (2010)
• OpenGL 3.2 (2009)
  • OSX 10.8.5
  • OSX 10.7.5
• OpenGL 3.1 (2009)
• OpenGL 3.0 (2008)
• OpenGL 2.1 (2006)
• OpenGL 2.0 (2004)

OpenGL ES

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4784137/choose-opengl-es-1-1-or-opengl-es-2-0
• OpenGL ES 1.1, fixed pipeline
• OpenGL ES 2.0, transition to shaders : removed the cruft
  • http://glslstudio.com/primer/ (compares ES 1.1 and ES 2.0)
• OpenGL ES 3.0

PyOpenGL Deprecations

• http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/documentation/deprecations.html

import OpenGL
OpenGL.FORWARD_COMPATIBLE_ONLY = True

(chroma_env)delta:g4daeview blyth$ grep -l import\ OpenGL *.py
daeclipper.py
daeframehandler.py
daeillustrate.py
daelights.py
daemenu.py
daephotonsrenderer.py
daetext.py
daevertexbuffer.py
daeviewport.py

OSX OpenGL capabilites matrix

The GL_ARB extension system means that correspondence between an OpenGL feature and the OS implmentation is not cut and dryed. Hence the matrix:

• https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/index.html

However:

• For OSX 10.9 (Mavericks, Oct 2013) compatibility only extends up to features from OpenGL 4.1
• For OSX 10.8.5 () compatibility only extends up to features from OpenGL 3.2

OpenGL Superbible OSX examples on Mavericks

• http://www.openglsuperbible.com/2013/11/11/porting-samples-to-mac/