ATI offers DirectX - OpenGL conversion

AMD SUBSIDIARY ATI has released open source source software that converts the Windows DirectX 9 Application Programming Interface (API)into Open GL.

According to MacWorld, the move could mean that Apple users could seriously dip their toes into the world of gaming.

The HLSL2GLSL code works on the Mac OSX and translates Vole's High Level Shader Language (HLSL) into the OpenGL equivalent GLSL.

The move means that programmers who are struggling to make games work on the Mac OSX by using their own libraries will have something more solid to work from. It could also lead to the development of more games being available on Linux, something that has kept the operating system away from the home desktop market. µ

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