Editing IRIS GL (section)

{{Short description|Graphics API by Silicon Graphics}}
{{Infobox Software|
    name=IRIS GL|
    screenshot=| 
    caption=|
    developer= [[Silicon Graphics]]|
    latest_release_version=[[OpenGL|n/a]]|
    latest_release_date={{start date and age|1992}}|
    operating_system=[[IRIX]]|
    genre=API|
    license=Various proprietary|
    discontinued=[[OpenGL]]
    website={{Official website | http://www.opengl.org }}
}}
'''IRIS GL''' ('''I'''ntegrated '''R'''aster '''I'''maging '''S'''ystem '''G'''raphics '''L'''ibrary) is a proprietary graphics [[application programming interface|API]] created by [[Silicon Graphics]] (SGI) in the early 1980s for producing 2D and 3D computer graphics on their [[IRIX]]-based IRIS graphical workstations.<ref name=seddon>{{cite book|title=OpenGL Game Development|page=43|chapter=History of OpenGL|author=Seddon, Chris|publisher=Wordware|year=2005|isbn=1-55622-989-5|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahb5bqeLROAC&q=IRIS+GL&pg=PA43}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kilgard, Mark|url=https://www.slideshare.net/Mark_Kilgard/sigraph-asia-2008-modern-opengl-presentation/13-13OpenGLs_PrehistoryIRIS_GL_1Window_system|title=OpenGL Prehistory: IRIS GL (slide from SIGGRAPH talk)|website=www.slideshare.net|year=2008}}</ref> Later SGI removed their proprietary code, reworked various system calls, and released IRIS GL as the industry standard [[OpenGL]].<ref name=seddon/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opengl/overview.html|title=SGI – OpenGL Overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031094901/http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opengl/overview.html|archive-date=October 31, 2004|access-date=August 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="g926">{{cite web|last1=Peddie|first1=Jon|title=Who's the Fairest of Them All?|url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2012/Volume-35-Issue-4-June-July-2012/Who-s-the-Fairest-of-Them-All-.aspx|publisher=Computer Graphics World|access-date=August 20, 2024|date=July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 31, 2006|title=OpenGL ARB to Pass Control of OpenGL Specification to Khronos Group|url=https://www.khronos.org/news/press/opengl_arb_to_pass_control_of_opengl_specification_to_khronos_group|access-date=August 20, 2024|website=The Khronos Group|language=en}}</ref>