OpenGL ES Resources

A collection of OpenGL ES related tools, documentation, and resources contributed by the community.

Get involved, submit your resources either with a pull requests on Github! or email the webmaster at Khronos.org.

Khronos Resources

• Homepage
• Registry - contains specifications of the core API and shading language; specifications of Khronos- and vendor-approved OpenGL ES extensions; header files corresponding to the specifications; and other related documentation.
• Khronos OpenGL ES SDK - Documentation, Sample Code, Libraries and tools for creating OpenGL ES based applications
• Discussion forums
• OpenGL ES Issue tracker - report problems or suggest new material for the OpenGL ES SDK
• Quick Reference Guides - 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.0
• Online Reference Pages - 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.0
• Adopters Process
• Conformant Products
• Conformant Companies
• KTX - lightweight file format for delivering textures to OpenGL family APIs
• Reference Compiler - the official reference compiler front end for the OpenGL ES and OpenGL shading languages

Commercial and Open Source Implementations

• ARM Mali OpenGL ES SDK - Tutorials and samples on how to get the best out of OpenGL ES on Mali GPUs.
• PowerVR SDK PowerVR SDK developer tools, documentation, FAQ, technical support, forums and developer blog.
• BREW SDK - OpenGL ES 1.0 Extension

Learning OpenGL ES

• Learning OpenGL ES website Learning OpenGL ES contains tutorials and resources to help developers get started with programming graphics on the Android platform.
• San Angeles Observation (396 KB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• RollerCoaster2005 (780 KB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• JellyFish from Outer Space (5.3 MB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• Wake Breaker water racing game (600 KB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• Dancing Flora (5.8 MB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• glEffects (9.3 MB) This is an entry to the Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge held September 17, 2004 - February 15, 2005.
• Introduction to BREW and OpenGL ES
• Optimizing OpenGL ES applications for Brew
• 3D Graphics Made Easier with OpenGL ES for BREW
• 25 OpenGL ES tutorials using GLUT|ES by ZeusCMD
• OpenGL ES Tutorials from TyphoonLabs - A .zip file download containing 7 tutorials for Win32/WinCE
• Khronos OpenGL ES Coding Challenge entries - 2005:
  • San Angeles Observation (396 KB)
  • RollerCoaster2005 (780 KB)
  • JellyFish from Outer Space (5.3 MB)
  • Wake Breaker water racing game (600 KB)
  • Dancing Flora (5.8 MB)
  • glEffects (9.3 MB)

Utilities & Projects

• CompuBench - Cross-platform performance evaluation tool for all major compute APIs including OpenCL and OpenGL ES Compute.
• Glad Multi-Language GL/GLES/EGL/GLX/WGL Loader-Generator based on the official specs.
• Shaderific for iOS - OpenGL ES development with GLSL - educational app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that helps computer science students and experienced developers to get started with OpenGL ES 2.0 shader development.
• Java Binding for the OpenGL ES JSR 239: JavaTM Binding for the OpenGL® ES API