<s>
Warp3D	B-Library
was	O
a	O
project	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Haage	O
&	O
Partner	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
that	O
aimed	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
standard	O
API	B-General_Concept
which	O
would	O
enable	O
programmers	O
to	O
access	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
use	O
,	O
3D	O
hardware	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
design	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Picasso96	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
drivers	O
and	O
operated	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
the	O
3dfx	B-Operating_System
Glide	I-Operating_System
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
provided	O
a	O
uniform	O
and	O
standardised	O
way	O
for	O
programmers	O
to	O
create	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
3D	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
cards	I-Device
that	O
were	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
hoped	O
that	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
this	O
API	B-General_Concept
would	O
not	O
only	O
encourage	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
release	O
of	O
more	O
3D	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
but	O
also	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
situation	O
where	O
a	O
new	O
piece	O
of	O
hardware	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
no	O
software	O
available	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
particular	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
used	O
the	O
Warp3D	B-Library
API	B-General_Concept
(	O
enabled	O
through	O
a	O
shared	O
library	O
)	O
,	O
any	O
current	O
or	O
newly	O
developed	O
hardware	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	O
Entertainment	O
developers	O
created	O
OpenGL	B-Application
subset	O
called	O
MiniGL	O
sitting	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Warp3D	B-Library
to	O
ease	O
porting	O
of	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Warp3D	B-Library
provided	O
significant	O
speed	O
increase	O
over	O
software	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Years	O
later	O
however	O
,	O
newer	O
3D	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
TinyGL	O
in	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
offered	O
better	O
performance	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Warp3D	B-Library
was	O
now	O
jointly	O
owned	O
by	O
British	O
company	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
.	O
On	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
subsequently	O
released	O
Warp3D	B-Library
for	O
RadeonHD	O
(	O
Southern	O
Islands	O
chipset	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
developed	O
the	O
new	O
Warp3D	B-Library
Nova	O
featuring	O
support	O
for	O
Shaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warp3D	B-Library
Nova	O
was	O
originally	O
mentioned	O
as	O
planned	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
and	O
Shader-centric	O
design	O
in	O
the	O
AmigaOS	O
4.0	O
Feature	O
List	O
more	O
than	O
decade	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
release	O
intentionally	O
took	O
some	O
inspiration	O
from	O
this	O
original	O
Warp3D	B-Library
Nova	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-release	O
version	O
1.15	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
1	O
May	O
2016	O
in	O
the	O
Enhancer	O
Software	O
package	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
its	O
name	O
and	O
being	O
related	O
to	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
Warp3D	B-Library
Nova	O
has	O
nothing	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Warp3D	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
announced	O
that	O
Daniel	O
Müßener	O
/	O
GoldenCode.eu	O
had	O
been	O
hired	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
2	O
implementation	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Warp3D	B-Library
Nova	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
compatible	O
system	O
with	O
CyberGraphX	B-Library
or	O
Picasso96	O
,	O
containing	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
of	O
these	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
requires	O
3D	O
hardware	O
to	O
be	O
present	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
not	O
run	O
with	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
that	O
are	O
2D	O
only	O
,	O
or	O
AGA	B-Device
,	O
ECS	B-Device
or	O
OCS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
included	O
a	O
Warp3D	B-Library
implementation	O
known	O
as	O
Goa3D	O
Graphics	O
Library	O
developed	O
by	O
Nicolas	O
Sallin	O
.	O
</s>
