OpenGL Architecture Review Board

Former industry consortium

OpenGL Architecture Review Board
Founded	1992
Founder	Linas Vepstas
Defunct	2006
Fate	Re-branded into Khronos Group
Successor	Khronos Group
Products	OpenGL

The OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) was an industry consortium that governed the OpenGL specification. It was formed in 1992, and defined the conformance tests, approved the OpenGL specification and advanced the standard. On July 31, 2006, it was announced that the ARB voted to transfer control of the OpenGL specification to Khronos Group.^[1]

Voting members included 3Dlabs, Apple, ATI, Dell, IBM, Intel, Nvidia, SGI and Sun Microsystems, plus other contributing members. Microsoft was an original voting member, but left in March 2003.^[2]

References

^ "OpenGL ARB to Pass Control of OpenGL Specification to Khronos Group". Press Releases. Khronos Group. July 31, 2006. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
^ "Microsoft quits OpenGL board". The Register. March 3, 2003.