Get Khronos Group's open-source iOS app for viewing glTF files
Free tool lets users view glTF and GLB files in augmented reality, with PBR materials. Source code available to other app developers.
Sunday, December 10th, 2023
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glTF files can now include accurate translucent materials
Real-time 3D file format gets new extensions for PBR material properties like index of refraction.
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Khronos launches certification for online 3D model viewers
New visual standards program is already being adopted by model sites like CGTrader and Sketchfab.
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
Blender Foundation joins Khronos Group
Developer can now influence development of key graphics standards used in Blender like OpenCL, OpenXR.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Khronos Group finalises radical new OpenCL 3.0 spec
New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
Vulkan now does ray tracing
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Get 2,000 free 3D models from the Smithsonian collection
Download 3D scans of objects from leading US museums in OBJ and glTF format under a CC0 licence.
Sunday, March 1st, 2020
Autodesk joins Khronos Group
FBX developer to join open standards body's 3D Formats Working Group to support development of the glTF file format.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.3
Texture-painting tool gets export to Adobe's Project Felix, glTF 2.0 support, new Auto-Backup plugin.
Friday, September 29th, 2017
Khronos Group adds PBR materials to glTF 2.0
Open format for exchanging 3D assets between game engines or web apps now supports physically based rendering.
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Apple to bring its Metal graphics API to OS X
DirectX and Vulkan competitor to spread from iOS to desktop Macs as part of OS X El Capitan this fall.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Video: see Vulkan, OpenGL's replacement, in action
Watch an early alpha demo of the next-gen graphics API running on a PowerVR Rogue mobile GPU.
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
ASTC: a new codec for 3D images?
Unity staff proclaim The Khronos Group's new normal-supporting compression technology awesome.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012