Getting started with OpenGL ES 2.0 on Windows

Question

This is a very specific questions about the steps necessary to Build a simple OpenGL ES 2.0 program on the Windows platform. The environment is Visual Studio with unmanaged C++.

I go to the Khronos.org site and, frankly, find it a bit opaque because it reads like something written by a standards body. I don't want to download a "reference" or a "specification", etc.

All I'm looking for are the links and steps to get me from A to B. In other words, "Download these files or run this setup at this URL. Create a new Visual studio project with references to these libraries. Include this header file."

Again, I'm interested in ES 2.0.

Solution 1

After alot of digging around for the same thing. I found an emulator for openGL es 2 from PowerVR: http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/sdkdownloads/index.asp

The AMD one linked above is no longer available or supported.

Solution 2

I have been using googles Angle Project. It converts opengles 2.0 to DirectX 9 calls for win32. It works fairly well and even has quite a few examples. Its also the BSD licence so anything you make you can use the source for your own projects.

Solution 3

AMD bundle OpenGL ES with their normal Catalyst drivers (for Win & Lin).

You just need to use EGL to get OpenGL ES context! (And have to use headers/includes from AMD OpenGL ES SDK).

• AMD users already have everything they need to run your app.

• Every doc about EGL and OGL ES is valid.

• It work on AMD only.

PS Yes it is different from OLD/DEPRECATED OpenGL ES emulator. Because it is native!!!

Solution 4

AMD now ship a desktop OpenGL ES 2.0 version with EGL library http://developer.amd.com/tools/graphics-development/amd-opengl-es-sdk/

Solution 5

You can have a look at Angle Project which brings OpenGL ES to desktops. It works pretty good and not that hard to setup: http://code.google.com/p/angleproject/

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Comments

[Buggieboy]

But one doesn't usually use the target embedded platform as their development environment.

[Andrew Khosravian]

I should add depending on the platform you are targeting the device vendor likely offers tools to help.

[Buggieboy]

Thanks the ATI solution appears to be exactly what I'm looking for.

[Dalinaum]

WebGL uses OpenGL ES. So we can buy computers which support native OpenGL ES after 2002. See also: developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/graphics-development/…

[Nianliang]

I like converter more than Emulation.

[Fil]

You need to build from source code using VC2015, changing the version of Directx (default value is DX11)... so you need at least Windows 7.

[kungfooman]

ANGLE is epic, but the build process is actually a pain in the ass on Windows and leads so some errors, which need to be hand-fixed.

[Kraken]

This link throws a 404 now too