Happy 20th Anniversary to Direct3D
It’s the 20th anniversary of Direct3D people!
Early Direct3D, COM and OpenGL
The Saint revisits the early decisions that led to massive industry conflict over Direct3D vs OpenGL
Direct3D, OpenGL, Metal, Full Circle
The Saint compares the new Apple Metal API to Direct3D 1.0
Apple’s Metal API, first impressions
…sigh… I don’t hate it… yet…
Apple Ditching OpenGL?
Did Apple just announce a BRAND LOGO for a new 3D API? Bye bye OpenGL…
OpenGL vs Direct3D… YAWN…
The OpenGL vs Direct3D debate gets The Saint ranting about… more interesting subjects…
Letter from the first DirectX developer to Bill Gates
Zack Simpson, the first DirectX developer, sends a message to Microsoft from 1997
The Advent of Web 3D
A brief history of the evolution of web 3D, The Saints role in pioneering it and why everyone else is an idiot, as usual…
The Evolution of Direct3D
How the architecture strategy behind Direct3D lead to the modern GPU and massively convoluted 3D graphics pipeline
OpenGL vs D3D (the dirty laundry)
“top secret” email threads and Boot interviews from the days of the OpenGL vs Direct3D debate










