Treffer: SGI AND SUN MICROSYSTEMS DEVELOP JAVA BINDINGS FOR OPENGL API.

SGI Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have agreed to cooperate on developing Java bindings to the OpenGL application-programming interface (API). SGI is working with Sun to enable millions of Java users to easily use OpenGL for their graphics needs. The development of Java bindings will also benefit OpenGL application developers, because they will be able to write applications in a cross-platform environment. The development of these bindings will involve submissions to the Java Community Process (JCP) and the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB). With a vendor-neutral, multiplatform graphics standard based on OpenGL ES and Java, mobile phones, PDAs and other mobile devices will be transformed by the addition of 3D graphics, which will greatly enhance the marketability of content services to consumers. The OpenGL graphics system specification allows developers to incorporate a broad set of rendering, texture mapping, special effects and other powerful visualization functions and provides a graphics pipeline that allows unfettered access to graphics hardware acceleration.