>Also, Metal was announced June 2014, released September 2014. Vulkan was announced March 2015, released Feb 2016. It was rebranded then, but OpenGL Next was a

>Also, Metal was announced June 2014, released September 2014. Vulkan was announced March 2015, released Feb 2016. It was rebranded then, but OpenGL Next was announced in August 2014. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8363/khronos-announces-next-generation-opengl-initiative http://www.anandtech.com/show/8363/khronos-announces-next-ge...