Khronos Group

History

Working groups

Active Standards

• , aligns the 3D asset workflow for online retail
• ANARI, Analytic Rendering Interface for Data Visualization
• COLLADA, a file-format intended to facilitate interchange of 3D assets
• EGL, an interface between Khronos rendering APIs such as OpenGL ES or OpenVG and the underlying native platform window system
• glTF, a file format specification for 3D scenes and models
• NNEF reduces machine learning deployment fragmentation by enabling a rich mix of neural network training tools and inference engines to be used by applications across a diverse range of devices and platforms
• OpenCL, a cross-platform computation API.
• OpenGL, a cross-platform computer graphics API
• OpenGL ES, a derivative of OpenGL for use on mobile and embedded systems, such as cell phones, portable gaming devices, and more
• OpenGL SC, a safety critical profile of OpenGL ES designed to meet the needs of the safety-critical market
• OpenVG, an API for accelerating processing of 2D vector graphics
• OpenVX, Hardware acceleration API for Computer Vision applications and libraries
• OpenXR, an open and royalty-free standard for virtual reality and augmented reality applications and devices
• SPIR, an intermediate compiler target for OpenCL and Vulkan
• SYCL, a single-source C++ DSEL for heterogeneous computing
• Vulkan, a low-overhead computer graphics API
• Vulkan SC, based on the existing Vulkan API specification to enable safety critical industries
• WebGL, a JavaScript binding to OpenGL ES within a browser on any platform supporting the OpenGL or OpenGL ES graphics standards

  Inactive Standards

• , an API for capturing, transporting, processing, displaying, and synchronizing digital media
• OpenKODE, an API for providing abstracted, portable access to operating system resources such as file systems, networks and math libraries
• , Advanced Camera Control API
• OpenMAX, a layered set of three programming interfaces of various abstraction levels, providing access to multimedia functionality
• OpenSL ES, an audio API tuned for embedded systems, standardizing access to features such as 3D positional audio and MIDI playback
• OpenWF, APIs for 2D graphics composition and display control
• , an API for consistently handling input devices
• WebCL, a JavaScript binding to OpenCL within a browser

  Members

• Promoter Members - have full working group participation and voting rights, plus the right to designate a Director to the Khronos Board.
• Contributor Members - have full working group participation and voting rights.
• Associate Members - have full working group participation but without working group voting rights. Only available to companies with fewer than 100 employees.
• Academic Members - have full working group participation but without working group voting rights.
• Individual Contributors - Available by invitation only.

Promoter members

Contributor members

Associate members

Academic members

Individual Contributors

• PEREY Research & Consulting

  Past members

• ATI
• Au-Zone Technologies Inc.
• Columbia University
• Creative Technology
• Digital Catapult
• Ericsson
• Esperanto Technologies
• IBM
• id Software
• Logitech
• Lucasfilm Ltd.
• Motorola
• Oculus VR
• Oracle/Sun Microsystems
• Pico
• Pixar
• The Qt Company
• Umbra Software
• Zero Latency