Be sure to check out the first Boston meetup of the year hosted by Jim Susinno. One of my favorite applications for accelerated graphics is video games. I’ve been working on some simple games lately using OpenGL directly without any engines or frameworks - and it’s fun! Let’s discuss our game-making techniques and how to keep things as fast as possible - minimizing state changes and per-frame uploads, packing bits into channels, re-using data… playing to the strengths of the silicon as enabled by OpenGL. Pizza will be provided.

The next WebGL/WebVR Meetup to be held at the SVVR HQ in Mountain View on November 1st. Lots of great talks and speakers including: Browser Implementor Update - representatives from Google Chrome, Mozilla and Safari will be on-hand and giving us an update on recent browser improvements; Brandel Zachernuk, Gregor Lakner (Axum Graphics); Romain Guy and Philip Rideout (Filament); Xiaohan Zhang, interactive works and Yağız Mungan.

Are you looking for a Khronos event in your area? Perhaps a relaxing and educational meetup is more your speed? The Khronos Group has you covered. Starting with full day events, registration is open for IWOCL in Oxford UK May 14, Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara on May 22 and Vulkanised! in Cambridge UK, also on May 22. If you are looking for meetups, there are plenty coming up covering OpenGL, OpenGL ES, AR, VR and OpenXR, WebVR, WebGL and glTF and in lots of great locations including Cambridge MA, Bishkek Kyrgyzstan, Sydney Australia, London UK, Somerville MA and Sunnyvale CA. Keep up-to-date with all the upcoming Khronos related events or subscribe with your calendar.