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OpenGL 3.0 is, after OpenGL 2.0, the second major release of OpenGL which, apart from some convenience updates, supports and requires a significantly advanced hardware generation (geometry shaders and instancing). Further, OpenGL 3.0 introduced a deprecation model which was meant to gradually eleminate the use of non-contemporary features that do not map well to current hardware, but without breaking existing application compatibility.

OpenGL 3.0 is, after OpenGL 2.0 ( opengl-2.0), the second major release of OpenGL ( opengl) which, apart from some convenience updates, supports and requires a significantly advanced hardware generation (geometry shaders and instancing).

Further, OpenGL 3.0 introduced a deprecation model which was meant to gradually eleminate the use of non-contemporary features that do not map well to current hardware, but without breaking existing application compatibility.

Release Dates:

  • OpenGL 3.0: August 11, 2008
  • OpenGL 3.1: March 24, 2009
  • OpenGL 3.2: August 3, 2009
  • OpenGL 3.3: March 11, 2010