In nuce: Nvidia has now made MDL (Material Definition Language) available as open source. As part of this, MDL Distiller and GLSL Backend will also be released open source. MDL ensures that real-world materials are displayed correctly across all applications. MDL is supported by Substance 3D Designer, Substance 3D Painter, V-Ray and Unreal Engine – and also works with Nvidia’s Omniverse. MDL Distiller helps to simplify MDL materials. GLSL Backend provides support for the OpenGL Shading Language. The move to open source was announced at Siggraph 2022.
Click further: All further information on the now open source MDL can be found in the corresponding blog entry NVIDIA Announces Full Open Source of Material Definition Language to Streamline Graphics Pipelines, in which Zach Lo (Product Marketing Manager at Nvidia) and Stephanie Rubenstein (Developer Product Marketing at Nvidia) explain what else comes with open source for the Material Definition Language. You can also find out more about Siggraph 2022. By the way: Another highlight of Siggraph 2022 is the 3D & Motion Design Show by Maxon, where Emmy winner EJ Hasssenfratz and Cinema 4D pope Athanasios “Noseman” Pozantzis, among others, will be sharing their expert knowledge.
