OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 framerate comparison on iPhone 3G and 3GS
iPhones Wikipedia has posted a short video from Tap Tap Tap comparing the framerates between an iPhone 3G running OpenGL ES 1.1 and an iPhone 3GS running OpenGL ES 2.0.
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3DVIA introduces 3DVIA mobile app for iPhone
3DVIA introduces the 3DVIA Mobile App for iPhone users. 3DVIA mobile allows you to log into and manage your 3DVIA.com account, search and interact with the thousands of models posted on 3DVIA.com or create new art with 3DVIA Collage all from your iPhone for FREE.
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Graphic Remedy releases gDEBugger iPhone for OpenGL ES based applications
Graphic Remedy has released gDEBugger iPhone. gDEBugger iPhone is a unique debugging and profiling tool for iPhone games and applications developers, assisting them in producing robust, high-quality applications in a competitive environment. gDEBugger runs on top of Apple's iPhone Simulator, enabling developers to debug and optimize iPhone OpenGL ES-based applications in their primary work environment.
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NaviSPORE iPhone app to view COLLADA now available
If you have a buck to spend and have an iPhone/iPod Touch, Apple has just approved NaviSPORE, the only iPhone app that lets you see your COLLADA Creations in 3D. NaviSPORE is community-driven. To see your Creation, in NaviSPORE, simply send the COLLADA file and associated textures (the TGA files) as a zip file to address in this forum post.
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Rightware Debut’s OpenGL ES based Kanzi™ Cross-platform UI Solution at Mobile World Congress
Rightware will demonstrate ‘Mobile App Store’ application, designed and implemented using Kanzi user interface solution, running in various mobile devices at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 15th through February 18th. Key advantage of the Kanzi solution is “design-once, deploy everywhere” cross-platform support for the leading mobile operating systems, including Android, Blackberry, Linux, Maemo, Moblin, iPhone OS, Palm Web OS, Symbian OS, and Windows Mobile. Kanzi solution is build on top of industry standard OpenGL ES graphics API. A video featuring some capabilities of Kanzi is available online.
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Samsung’s TouchWiz and bada to Deliver Distinctive UX Using OpenGL ES and EGL
South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has unveiled details on its own smartphone operating system "bada." The new OS offers full support for EGL, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0, allowing developers to use their own approach when building applications. An OpenGL ES centric comparison between "bada", Android and iPhone is well available on the Samsung "bada" developers forum.
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Optimizing OpenGL for iPhone
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star3map iPhone 3Gs app is Open Source
This star and planet charting iPhone 3Gs app uses your current global position, heading, and accelerometer data to draw a current picture of the stars and planets around you. A small portion of the code is GPL licensed, but the bulk is BSD-style license or less restrictive. The app and source code make a great learning tool.
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gDEBugger V5.5 - Introducing AMD (ATI) GPU Performance Counters Integration
Graphic Remedy is proud to announce the release of gDEBugger Version 5.5 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and iPhone. This version introduces a powerful AMD GPU performance counters integration, displaying AMD graphic hardware and driver performance counters in gDEBugger's Performance Graph and Performance Dashboard views, allowing developers to optimize their application over AMD (ATI) graphics hardware. AMD Performance counters are available on Windows, when using ATI Radeon (TM) HD 2000 series or newer with Catalyst (TM) 9.12 or newer. This version also includes a large number of bug fixes and stability improvements. gDEBugger, an OpenGL and OpenGL ES debugger and profiler, traces application activity on top of the OpenGL API, lets programmers see what is happening within the graphic system implementation to find bugs and optimize OpenGL application performance. gDEBugger runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.
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Apple releases free Tech Talks 2009 videos covering OpenGL ES and much more
Apple announced the availability of free iPhone Tech Talks 2009 videos for iPhone Developer Program members. The presentations are given by Apple's Technology Evangelists and take a deep dive into app design and coding techniques. Presentation topics in the videos include: audio development, using video effectively, user interface design, Core Data, OpenGL ES, using Web content, testing and debugging apps, using location and maps, and push notification.
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