Editing OpenGL ES (section)

==={{Anchor|3.0}}OpenGL ES 3.0===
The OpenGL ES 3.0 specification<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/index_es.php|title=Khronos OpenGL ES Registry - The Khronos Group Inc|website=registry.khronos.org}}</ref> was publicly released in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-releases-opengl-es-3.0-specification |title=Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 3.0 Specification to Bring Mobile 3D Graphics to the Next Level |publisher=Khronos |date=2012-08-06 |access-date=2012-08-06}}</ref> It is backwards compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0, and partially compatible with [[WebGL]] 2.0,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API|title=WebGL: 2D and 3D graphics for the web|publisher=Mozilla|access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref> as WebGL 2.0 was designed to have a high degree of interoperability with OpenGL ES 3.0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://registry.khronos.org/webgl/specs/latest/2.0/|title=WebGL 2.0 Specification|website=registry.khronos.org}}</ref>
The current version of the OpenGL ES 3.0 standard is 3.0.6, released in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/specs/es/3.0/es_spec_3.0.pdf|title=OpenGL ES - Version 3.0.6|last1=Leech|last2=Lipchak|first1=Jon|first2=Benj|date=1 November 2019|website=registry.khronos.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131033513/https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/specs/es/3.0/es_spec_3.0.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

New functionality in the OpenGL ES 3.0 specification includes:
* multiple enhancements to the [[rendering pipeline]] to enable acceleration of advanced visual effects including: [[occlusion queries]], [[transform feedback]], [[Geometry instancing|instanced rendering]] and support for four or more [[Render Target|rendering targets]];
* high quality [[Ericsson Texture Compression#ETC2 and EAC|ETC2 / EAC]] [[texture compression]] as a standard feature, eliminating the need for a different set of [[Texture mapping|textures]] for each platform;
* a new version of the GLSL ES [[shading language]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/specs/es/3.0/GLSL_ES_Specification_3.00.pdf|title=GLSL ES 3.0 Specification|publisher=Khronos|access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref>  with full support for integer and [[32-bit]] [[floating point]] operations;
* greatly enhanced [[Texture mapping|texturing]] functionality including guaranteed support for [[floating point]] textures, 3D textures, depth textures, vertex textures, NPOT textures, R/RG textures, immutable textures, 2D array textures, [[Swizzling (computer graphics)|swizzles]], [[Level of detail (computer graphics)|LOD]] and [[Mipmap|mip level]] clamps, seamless [[Cube mapping|cube maps]] and sampler objects;
* an extensive set of required, explicitly sized [[Texture mapping|texture]] and render-buffer formats, reducing implementation variability and making it much easier to write portable applications.

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! scope="col" | Details
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/KHR/KHR_context_flush_control.txt KHR_context_flush_control]
|OpenGL ES Extension #191
| (for GL_KHR_context_flush_control only)
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| additional
| in MESA (all drivers)
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/OES/OES_texture_compression_astc.txt OES_texture_compression_astc]
|OpenGL ES Extension #162
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/EXT/EXT_texture_border_clamp.txt EXT_texture_border_clamp]
|OpenGL ES Extension #182
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/EXT/EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex.txt EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex]
|OpenGL ES Extension #204
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/OES/OES_EGL_image_external_essl3.txt OES_EGL_image_external_essl3]
|OpenGL ES Extension #220
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|[https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/MESA/MESA_shader_integer_functions.txt MESA_shader_integer_functions]
|OpenGL ES Extension #495

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