XGL

1. Platforms, Prices, and Company
• Platform: Solaris/UNIX
• Price: Free
• Company SUN Microsystems (http://www.sun.com)
2. Applications
• XGL™ is a graphics library developed by SUN Microsystems. The XGL library supports a number of graphics application programming interfaces (APIs), including other graphics libraries such as GKS and PHIGS. The XGL system requires a window system to manage drawing operations sent to a display device.
3. Examples/Samples
• 2 green cubes - http://www.xglspec.org/xgl/greencubes.xgl
• A bee - http://www.xglspec.org/xgl/bee.xgl
4. Web Resources
• XGL File Format Specification - http://www.xglspec.org
• XGL Programmer's Guide - http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/801-6670