
OpenGL SC Emulation Based on
OpenGL and OpenGL ES
Hwanyong Lee and Nakhoon Baek
8.1 Introduction
OpenGL is one of the most widely used 3D graphics APIs. It originated from
IRIS GL in the 1980s and is now available on various platforms. Currently, Khronos
Group, the open standard consortium, consistently manages all the standard speci-
fications for the OpenGL family, including OpenGL, OpenGL ES (for embedded
systems), OpenGL SC (safety critical profile), and WebGL.
At this time, the latest version for desktops and workstations is OpenGL 4.2,
which was released in August 2011. On embedded systems and handheld devices,
OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 are widely used. ...