Direct Graphics to draw images in two dimensions and represent images in 3D.Direct3D for the processing and coding of three-dimensional graphics.It comes along with the following list of APIs for developers and coders: One of these changes affected the way we understood the multimedia environment of a PC which become richer in all senses.Īnd to boost it, Microsoft decided to release DirectX, a collection of APIs focused on simplifying the work of developers in everything that has to do with videos and video games. Windows 95 meant a great change in many aspects of Microsoft's operating systems, replacing the traditional MS-DOS command console with a graphical interface that made computers much more popular (an interface that was already available on Mac or OS/2).