This is a non-exhaustive list of popular OpenGL-based programs.
Games
Some notable games that include an OpenGL renderer:
Open source games
Most open source games opt to use OpenGL (together with other portable libraries such as SDL) due to its portability. Just a few examples are:
Applications
Some notable applications that include an OpenGL renderer:
- Adobe After Effects — a digital motion graphics and compositing software.
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS4 — a popular photo and graphics editing software.
- Adobe Premiere Pro — a real-time, timeline based video editing software application.
- 3D Studio Max — modeling, animation and rendering package developed by Autodesk Media and Entertainment.
- Autodesk Maya — modeling, animation, sculpting, and rendering package that uses its own scripting language, MEL. Developed by Autodesk Media and Entertainment.
- Blender — 3D CAD, animation, and games engine.
- Celestia — 3D astronomy program.
- Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC2) — G-code interpreter for CNC machines.
- Google Earth — Earth mapping software.
- Google SketchUp - easy to use 3D modeler.
- Houdini - modeling, animation, effects, rendering and compositing package developed by Side Effects Software.
- InVesalius - A cross platform software, visualization medical images and reconstruction.
- Really Slick Screensavers — 3D Screensavers.
- Rhinoceros — NURBS Modeling for Windows.
- SAP2000 — structural analysis program.
- Scilab — Mathematical tool, clone of MATLAB.
- Space Engine — The most realistic and impressive 3D simulator of the Universe.
- Stellarium — High quality night sky simulator.
- Universe Sandbox
- Virtools — a real-time 3D engine.
- VirtualMec — 3D CAD for the Meccano construction system.
- XBMC Media Center — A cross platform, open source media center.
