IRIS GL (Integrated Raster Imaging System Graphics Library) is a proprietary graphics

API An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software Interface (computing), interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standa ...

created by

Silicon Graphics Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and soft ...

(SGI) in the early 1980s for producing 2D and 3D computer graphics on their

IRIX IRIX ( ) is a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to run on the company's proprietary MIPS workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. In IRIX, SGI originated the XFS file system and ...

-based IRIS graphical workstations. Later SGI removed their proprietary code, reworked various system calls, and released IRIS GL as the industry standard

OpenGL OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardwa ...

References

*{{Cite conference , first = James , last = Clark , title = The Geometry Engine: A VLSI Geometry System for Graphics , book-title = Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques , pages = 127–133 , date = July 1982 , url = https://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/PDFs/geometry-engine.pdf

External links

Official OpenGL website

SGI's OpenGL website
3D graphics software Application programming interfaces Graphics libraries Graphics standards SGI graphics Video game development software

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