<s>
openFrameworks	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
toolkit	O
designed	O
for	O
creative	O
coding	O
founded	O
by	O
Zachary	O
Lieberman	O
,	O
Theo	O
Watson	O
and	O
Arturo	O
Castro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenFrameworks	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
OpenGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Emscripten	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
its	O
founders	O
with	O
contributions	O
by	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
0.01	O
version	O
of	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Zachary	O
Lieberman	O
on	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
audience	O
we	O
felt	O
was	O
significantly	O
underserved	O
by	O
the	O
current	O
crop	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
libraries.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
notable	O
artists	O
have	O
used	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
in	O
their	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-founder	O
Theo	O
Watson	O
has	O
used	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
for	O
their	O
projects	O
audio	O
space	O
,	O
where	O
visitors	O
can	O
leave	O
spatialised	O
audio	O
messages	O
in	O
a	O
room	O
and	O
hear	O
messages	O
left	O
by	O
previous	O
visitors	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Laser	O
Tag.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Lieberman	O
,	O
Watson	O
,	O
Graffiti	O
Research	O
Lab	O
and	O
others	O
working	O
together	O
as	O
"	O
Free	O
Art	O
and	O
Technology	O
"	O
used	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
for	O
the	O
"	O
EyeWriter	O
"	O
project	O
,	O
a	O
low-cost	O
eye	O
tracking	O
system	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
paralyzed	O
graffiti	O
artist	O
Tempt	O
One	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
draw	O
using	O
his	O
eyes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Cory	O
Arcangel	O
used	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
to	O
create	O
the	O
video	O
projection	O
Colors	O
,	O
taking	O
the	O
1988	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
and	O
playing	O
it	O
one	O
horizontal	O
row	O
of	O
pixels	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
33	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Petros	O
Vrellis	O
created	O
an	O
interactive	O
version	O
of	O
Vincent	O
van	O
Gogh	O
's	O
"	O
The	O
Starry	O
Night	O
"	O
using	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terry	O
Cavanagh	O
's	O
indie	O
video	O
game	O
"	O
Super	O
Hexagon	O
"	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openframeworks	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
permissive	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenFrameworks	B-Application
 '	O
emphasis	O
on	O
creative	O
coding	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Processing	B-Application
language	O
in	O
that	O
both	O
projects	O
present	O
a	O
simplified	O
interface	O
to	O
powerful	O
libraries	O
for	O
media	O
,	O
hardware	O
and	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
openFrameworks	B-Application
's	O
main	O
difference	O
from	O
Processing	B-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
instead	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
will	O
find	O
many	O
similarities	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
libraries	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
what	O
is	O
beginShape( )	O
in	O
Processing	B-Application
is	O
ofBeginShape( )	O
in	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
wiki	O
includes	O
an	O
article	O
for	O
people	O
coming	O
to	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
from	O
Processing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
similar	O
project	O
is	O
Cinder	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
library	O
framework	O
for	O
creative	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
has	O
a	O
larger	O
number	O
of	O
dependencies	O
on	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
libraries	O
,	O
allowing	O
advanced	O
programmers	O
more	O
control	O
and	O
transparency	O
,	O
while	O
Cinder	B-Language
is	O
more	O
dependent	O
on	O
libraries	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
it	O
sits	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
,	O
which	O
generally	O
means	O
updates	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
are	O
more	O
frequent	O
and	O
reliable	O
with	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
