The Khronos Group makes OpenGL and Vulkan, two cross-platform graphics application programming interfaces (APIs) that seek to run on every platform that might be of interest to gamers. Vulkan just ...

The time’s are a-changing, and the graphics technology games have used for decades are changing right along. Khronos Group is throwing out nearly 25 years of OpenGL and starting fresh with a powerful ...

Low-overhead graphics APIs are all the rage these days, at least if you’re the sort of person who gets excited about graphics APIs. iOS 8 introduced Metal last year, and OS X El Capitan will bring the ...

In today's open source roundup: Vulkan is the next generation successor to openGL. Plus: Korora 21 reviews, and Worms Clan Wars available on Linux A next generation successor to openGL named Vulkan ...

OpenGL's successor graphic API "VulkanAbout Khronos Group "Vulkan 1.0"Formally formulated. As a low level API, benchmark tests have been performed on Vulkan, which is expected because DirectX 12 or ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. After serving as the standard since shortly after its release in 1992, Silicon Graphics' OpenGL API ...

Vulkan, an open standard API for high-efficiency access to graphics and compute, has emerged this year as the successor to OpenGL. It offers a unified specification that, like rival modern APIs such ...

The Khronos Group has been preparing Next Generation OpenGL (GLnext) for some time now, but at GDC 2015, they're ready to officially release details of the API and give it a new name: Vulkan. Vulkan, ...

While bringing its Metal API to OS X fits Apple's drive towards controlling the software stack, the company has a weak track record when it comes to delivering GPU feature updates and capabilities in ...

The look of games on Linux-based Steam machines and mobile devices should improve significantly with the soon-to-be-released Vulkan API (application programming interface). Vulkan can be used for many ...