Software developers often prefer open standards like OpenGL because they make cross-platform development easier, but during its WWDC session dedicated to converting OpenGL developers to Metal, Apple rightly noted that OpenGL is woefully out of date for current needs.įurther Reading How app developers and designers feel about the iPhone X-and the notchTouch gestures for certain features on the iPad will be adjusted or added in iOS 12-and they'll look a lot like the gestures on the iPhone X. OpenGL and OpenCLĪpple has informed developers that it will deprecate OpenGL and OpenCL in Mojave and iOS 12. We don't touch on everything here, of course, but we'll be digging more deeply into certain topics from WWDC-some mentioned here, some not-in the coming days. More info will emerge as Apple hosts dedicated talks on subjects like ARKit and Metal, but here's the most interesting stuff we've learned at WWDC so far that wasn't brought up in the keynote.

Developers, press, and users have discovered a number of new changes and features this way. Finally, the company has released the first beta releases of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, along with various pieces of support documentation. The company also spoke with press to answer questions and clarify concepts.

But in the hours since the keynote, additional information has emerged that wasn't mentioned in the keynote but is also relevant.įor one thing, Apple held a session at WWDC shortly after the keynote called 'Platforms State of the Union' that went into a little more detail on certain features. It was more than two hours long, and it covered a lot of new features and tweaks. SAN JOSE-Monday, thousands of people watched Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote, in which the company described its plans for the next versions of its key operating systems- iOS 12 and macOS Mojave.

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