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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.