ISBN: | 978-5-5116-6794-2 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The High Level Shader Language or High Level Shading Language (HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for use with the Microsoft Direct3D API. It is analogous to the GLSL shading language used with the OpenGL standard. It is the same as the Nvidia Cg shading language, as it was developed alongside it.