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{{Short description|Former industry consortium}}

The '''OpenGL Architecture Review Board''' (ARB) is an independent consortium that governs the [[OpenGL]] specification.

{{Infobox company

It was formed in 1992, and defines the conformance tests, approves the [[OpenGL]] specification and advances the standard.

|name = OpenGL Architecture Review Board

|products = [[OpenGL]]

|foundation = 1992

|fate = Re-branded into [[Khronos Group]]

|successor = [[Khronos Group]]

|defunct = 2006

}}

The '''OpenGL Architecture Review Board''' (ARB) iswas an independentindustry consortium that governsgoverned the [[OpenGL]] specification.

It was formed in 1992, and defined the conformance tests, approved the [[OpenGL]] specification and advanced the standard. On July 31, 2006, it was announced that the ARB voted to transfer control of the OpenGL specification to [[Khronos Group]].<ref>{{

cite web

|url = http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/opengl_arb_to_pass_control_of_opengl_specification_to_khronos_group/

|title = OpenGL ARB to Pass Control of OpenGL Specification to Khronos Group

|date = July 31, 2006

|accessdate = 2006-08-01

|work = Press Releases

|publisher = Khronos Group

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503182855/http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/opengl_arb_to_pass_control_of_opengl_specification_to_khronos_group/

|archivedate = May 3, 2008

}}</ref>

[[As of November 2004]], theVoting members areincluded [[3Dlabs]], [[Apple ComputerInc|Apple]], [[ATI Technologies|ATI]], [[Dell]], [[IBM]], [[Intel]], [[Nvidia]], [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] and [[Sun Microsystems]], plus other contributing members. [[Microsoft]] was an original voting member, but left in March 2003.<ref>{{

cite web

[[Microsoft]] was originally a member, left in March 2003.

|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/03/03/microsoft_quits_opengl_board/

|title=Microsoft quits OpenGL board

|date=March 3, 2003

|publisher=The Register

}}</ref>

== See also ==

The group meets regularly every three months. Any company can apply for membership through an application.

= See also =

* [[OpenGL]]

* [[GLSL]]

* [[Khronos Group]]

* [[ARB assembly language]]

== External links ==

* [https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Game%20Development/Programming/OpenGL%20Reference%20Manual.pdf OpenGL Reference Manual]

* [https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Computer%20Graphics/OpenGL%20Programming%20Guide%2C%207th%20Edition.pdf OpenGL Programming Guild]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124074301/http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/ |date=2011-11-24 }} &mdash; The official page for the OpenGL ARB

{{Authority control}}

= External links =

* http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/ &mdash; The official page for the OpenGL ARB

[[Category:Computer graphics organizations]]

[[Category:3D computer graphicsOpenGL]]

[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 2006]]

[[Category:Organizations established in 1992]]