OpenVG 1.0 is released!
The final version of the OpenVG API has been "released":http://www.khronos.org/openvg ! This represents over a year of work and it's a great feeling to have it available to the public at last. On Friday, the working group will meet to decide on the details of the roadmap for the future.
I presented some demos at the OpenVG Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session yesterday, and I'll post some code fragments here along with some coding tips. As well as I know the specification from the editor's point of view, it was an interesting experience to "put on the coder's hat" for a bit and see things from that perspective.
28 Jul · Thu 2005
OpenVG @ Siggraph
I'll be speaking next week about OpenVG at a "Khronos Birds-of-a-Feather session":http://www.khronos.org/news/events/#siggraph2005BOF during the "Siggraph":http://www.siggraph.org/s2005 conference. It's on Tuesday, August 2nd from 4:00-6:00 at the Sheraton Downtown in Los Angeles. Drop by if you are in town. One year ago, while waiting for the Siggraph show floor to open, I was sitting with my laptop and beginning the process of molding an API proposal into something that looked like a spec. Later that week, the spec was presented to the newly-formed working group at our first face-to-face meeting. This year, we have a ratified 1.0 spec, reference implementations, and even a beta version of a performance implementation from the folks at "Hybrid Graphics":http://www.hybrid.fi . We're planning to have a short face-to-face meeting following the show to start planning for the next release. There are quite a few features that would be nice to add, but we are also very conscious of the need for the API to establish itself in the market. So, we will be proceeding slowly for the time being. I've written a few demos for the BOF, and gained quite a bit of practical information about using the API effectively. I'll be writing about some tips and tricks in the near future, once the API is more widely available. One of the great things about blogging is that I can answer a question today that hasn't even been asked yet -- the answer will be waiting to be Googled at the right time.
I'll be speaking next week about OpenVG at a "Khronos Birds-of-a-Feather session":http://www.khronos.org/news/events/#siggraph2005BOF during the "Siggraph":http://www.siggraph.org/s2005 conference. It's on Tuesday, August 2nd from 4:00-6:00 at the Sheraton Downtown in Los Angeles. Drop by if you are in town. One year ago, while waiting for the Siggraph show floor to open, I was sitting with my laptop and beginning the process of molding an API proposal into something that looked like a spec. Later that week, the spec was presented to the newly-formed working group at our first face-to-face meeting. This year, we have a ratified 1.0 spec, reference implementations, and even a beta version of a performance implementation from the folks at "Hybrid Graphics":http://www.hybrid.fi . We're planning to have a short face-to-face meeting following the show to start planning for the next release. There are quite a few features that would be nice to add, but we are also very conscious of the need for the API to establish itself in the market. So, we will be proceeding slowly for the time being. I've written a few demos for the BOF, and gained quite a bit of practical information about using the API effectively. I'll be writing about some tips and tricks in the near future, once the API is more widely available. One of the great things about blogging is that I can answer a question today that hasn't even been asked yet -- the answer will be waiting to be Googled at the right time.
22 Jul · Fri 2005
A Big Day for OpenVG!
Today was a big day for "OpenVG":http://www.khronos.org/openvg ! The promoters of the "Khronos Group":http://www.khronos.org unanimously ratified the OpenVG 1.0 specification (along with some other major specs including OpenGL ES 2.0). In some ways, the ratification was a bit of a formality; no one was likely to vote "nay." But the lack of suspense was really a reflection of the amount of hard work that had already gone in to building consensus. The spec is now final (unless someone finds a truly devastating flaw) and will be released to the public in a few weeks. If you are interested in finding out more about OpenVG, and will be attending "Siggraph":http://www.siggraph.org/s2005 (or will be in L.A. on August 2nd for any other reason), it will be discussed in a "Birds-of-a-Feather":http://www.khronos.org/news/events/#siggraph2005BOF session, including code samples and live demos.
Today was a big day for "OpenVG":http://www.khronos.org/openvg ! The promoters of the "Khronos Group":http://www.khronos.org unanimously ratified the OpenVG 1.0 specification (along with some other major specs including OpenGL ES 2.0). In some ways, the ratification was a bit of a formality; no one was likely to vote "nay." But the lack of suspense was really a reflection of the amount of hard work that had already gone in to building consensus. The spec is now final (unless someone finds a truly devastating flaw) and will be released to the public in a few weeks. If you are interested in finding out more about OpenVG, and will be attending "Siggraph":http://www.siggraph.org/s2005 (or will be in L.A. on August 2nd for any other reason), it will be discussed in a "Birds-of-a-Feather":http://www.khronos.org/news/events/#siggraph2005BOF session, including code samples and live demos.
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