In conjuction with developing the OpenGL.org web site, ARTLab was contracted to actively evangelize the OpenGL API to developers and spread it to new platforms & new markets.
This included:
- Researching and contacting developers of 3D software & hardware accelerators (Win, Mac, UNIX & embedded systems)
- Starting e-mail campaigns to encourage developers to support OpenGL
- Connecting developers to development resources they needed
- Providing developers with marketing exposure on the OpenGL.org web site as an incentive for OpenGL efforts
- Working with developers to define the future requirements for OpenGL
- Working actively with game developers to support OpenGL
- Working with Apple Computer to license & implement OpenGL
- Working with embedded systems developers to define the market requirements for OpenGL
- Working with Linux website to host OpenGL articles and forums
The evangelism has rapidly raised OpenGL's profile and dramatically increased the level of support for OpenGL across all platforms.
OpenGL is now supported in over 90% of all professional 3D applications, over 50% of prosumer 3D applications, and a growing percentage of 3D games. It is also now supported on all major 3D chip vendors and accelerator boards.
OpenGL licensing business has gone up so much that SGI needed a full-time person to handle the requests.
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