BGFX

Activeworlds switched to use BGFX for the render backend since version 8.1, enabling us to utilize modern render on Vulkan, D3D11/12, and Metal.

BGFX allows us not only improving Activeworlds' performance a good deal, but also adding more advanced techniques, opening a wide field of possibilities!

BGFX on github.

BGFX License

License (BSD 2-clause)

Copyright 2010-2022 Branimir Karadzic

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