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Firefox moves closer to three-dimensional wed graphics

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The creators of the Firefox browser began the implementation of technology WebGL in its test version for developers. WebGL can help to organize a three-dimensional graphics directly in the browser. The technology in this month also began to take in browsers based on the engine WebKit - Apple Safari and Google Chrome. Thus, shortly after the browser can be, for example, play in three-dimensional shooter, or use Google Earth.

However, while the three-dimensional browser technology is still at an early stage of development and to the final stage it still has a long way. About WebGL became aware for the first time in March, this technology develops Mozilla and Khronos Group. Underlying WebGL is older Mozilla project called Canvas 3D, by the way, modern technology drawing plane graphs to web-pages - a related Canvas. Other companies supporting WebGL, and promote their own development, such as Google working on browser-based 3D-technology O3D, it will be used in Chrome. Returning to WebGL worth noting that she, according to developers, will be ready in the first half of next year.

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