ABSTRACT
Since the advent of hardware acceleration, rendering 3D graphics has been almost entirely achieved through the use of a handful of APIs. It is thus accepted that almost all engines that feature real-time 3D visuals will make use of one or more of these. In fact, as computing complexity and power increase, it becomes inconceivable that a single development studio could create proprietary code to access the abilities of hardware or implement all the newest techniques in fields such as physics and AI. Thus, engine development focuses more and more on integrating functionality exposed by APIs, be that hardware, OS features, or middleware solutions [Bell 10].
