The Khronos Group is a consortium of technology companies and industry experts that develops open standards for graphics, compute, and vision processing. Through initiatives like Vulkan, OpenGL, and WebGL, Khronos Group defines cross-platform APIs for accelerating graphics rendering and computational tasks across diverse hardware platforms. Developers can learn about Khronos Group's standards, participate in working groups, and leverage open APIs for building high-performance graphics and compute applications.

Khronos

Randi Rost announces his opening keynote at the Shading Languages Symposium 2026, where he'll trace the history of GLSL through three converging threads: the quest for photorealism, managing rendering software complexity, and GPU hardware evolution. The talk will include behind-the-scenes stories of GLSL's creation and standardization, historical anecdotes about computer graphics innovations (Phong shading, texture mapping, ray tracing), and the dramatic first presentation of GLSL to the OpenGL Architecture Review Board.

Upcoming: The Road to GLSL – Randi Rost Consulting