FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany, Nov 25, 2015 – MAXON, the leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, is pleased to announce it has joined the Khronos Group industry consortium. By joining the Khronos Group, MAXON reasserts its ongoing commitment to support the development of open standards that enable the authoring and acceleration of 3D graphics, games and media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. MAXON will work intensively on the definition and implementation of open exchange and render formats.
The Khronos Group is a non-profit consortium, founded by leading manufacturers in the CG industry and is based in Beaverton, Oregon. The Khronos Group’s goal is the development and deployment of uniform, open formats for the rendering and exchange of graphic and dynamic content, including libraries such as OpenGL, WebGL and the COLLADA format, which have already established themselves as industry standards or are on their way in doing so. Khronos Group members actively support the development of the Khronos API specifications and communicate throughout all phases of development with regard to universal standards that make graphics content cross-platform compatible and accessible on various output devices.
“MAXON has always been dedicated to providing users tools that offer an intuitive workflow and cross-platform compatibility,” explains MAXON Computer CTO and co-founder Harald Schneider. “Open standards for file exchange and rendering graphics are a foundation for the successful cooperation of artists on their projects. We are glad to offer Khronos our expertise from more than 25 successful years in 3D computer graphics development.”
Cinema 4D has already been offering support for several of the formats and specifications defined by Khronos, such as COLLADA and OpenGL, for several years. Additional formats can be implemented more effectively and continuously refined by the members of the Khronos Group.
About Khronos Group
The Khronos Group is a not for profit, member-funded consortium focused on the creation of royalty-free open standards for parallel computing, graphics and dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos API specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge 3D platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests. To get involved, please visit our Summary of Membership Rights and Benefits and review our diagram of “How the Khronos Group Works”.
For further info about Khronos Group visit www.khronos.org.