<s>
3D	O
graphics	O
have	O
become	O
so	O
popular	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
that	O
specialized	O
APIs	B-Application
(	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
)	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
processes	O
in	O
all	O
stages	O
of	O
computer	O
graphics	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
APIs	B-Application
have	O
also	O
proved	O
vital	O
to	O
computer	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
provide	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
programmers	B-Application
to	O
access	O
the	O
hardware	O
in	O
an	O
abstract	O
way	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
special	O
hardware	O
of	O
any	O
specific	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
3D	O
graphics	O
framework	O
was	O
probably	O
Core	B-General_Concept
,	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
ACM	O
in	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
APIs	B-Application
for	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
are	O
particularly	O
popular	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Mantle	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Library
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OptiX	B-Algorithm
7.0	I-Algorithm
and	I-Algorithm
Latest	I-Algorithm
developed	O
by	O
NVIDIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGL	B-Library
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	O
interface	O
for	O
OpenGL-ES-2.x	O
API	B-Application
,	O
promoted	O
by	O
Khronos	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
higher-level	O
3D	O
scene-graph	B-Data_Structure
APIs	B-Application
which	O
provide	O
additional	O
functionality	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
lower-level	O
rendering	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
more	O
interest	O
in	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
based	O
high-level	O
API	B-Application
for	O
3D	O
graphics	B-Device
engines	I-Device
.	O
</s>
