»Direct« as in »a very thin layer around the GPU's capabilities and workings«, instead of what OpenGL does currently with massive amounts of state that the driv

»Direct« as in »a very thin layer around the GPU's capabilities and workings«, instead of what OpenGL does currently with massive amounts of state that the driver has to handle and a movel that doesn't at all work like the GPU does. This removes a quite hefty translation layer between your software and the GPU, leading to better performance, fewer hacks and workarounds (hopefully), etc.