Khronos and Smithsonian collaborate to distribute content

The Khronos Organization is a consortium creating open interoperability standards to foster cross-platform development. Their roots are in OpenGL, so graphics will always hold a special place in the organization’s growing list of interests. Khronos has recently announced a collaboration with the Smithsonian on the Open Access Initiative, which will open the floodgates to new content and easier content creation. First off the Smithsonian is release 2.8 million 2D images and 3D models, which is going to make a wealth of new content available to artists, educators, students, and graphics professionals through the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) open source licensing