Nov 06, 2006
OpenKODE: Portable rich media applications on mobile phones

This interview with Neil Trevett, chairperson of the OpenKODE working group, looks at the new OpenKODE APIs for state-of-the-art media acceleration technologies combined with system abstraction for portable access to operating system resources, input devices and displays.

• OpenKODE is like DirectX but it is for mobile phones and it is an open cross-platform standard
• OpenKODE provides application developers with a familiar set of C++ media APIs that provide system abstraction so that you don’t have to worry about the underlying handset hardware or OS
• OpenKODE provides full mixed-media data and temporal integration
• The OpenKODE Core provides system abstraction (hides difference between handsets)
• OpenKODE provides a well-defined media stack with native performance - OpenGL ES (3D graphics), OpenVG (Vector and raster graphics), OpenMAX (streaming media, video and image processing), OpenSL ES (enhanced audio)
• OpenKODE includes an enhanced EGL that allows trans-API coordination and integration
• OpenKODE appeals to developers, carriers and handset manufactuers, enabling each with a way to make money and reduce fragmentation of development and marketing resources
• OpenKODE can be used to accelerate Java applications as well as native applications
• Public launch of the specification is expected at 3GSM in San Franisco (March 2007)