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Google building 3D boost into Chrome
News By building its O3D plug-in into Chrome, Google is prepping for faster Web applications in its browser--and later in its operating system.
Tags: Operating systems, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, O3D, Google Chrome, 3D, CAD, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Hardware
Mobiles to get PowerVR 3D this year
News 2004 will see the first handheld devices using the same 3D technology that powered the Dreamcast gaming console.
Tags: Handhelds
Google tries jump-starting 3D Web with O3D
News An open-source browser plug-in gives games and other Web applications the ability to take advantage of a computer's graphics chip.
Tags: Web browsers, Plug-in, Google Inc., Web Browser, Graphics, O3D, 3D, CAD, performance, OpenGL
WebGL slips into Chrome, too, for 3D Web
News Google's browser is the latest to get support for a nascent standard for building accelerated 3D graphics into Web pages and Web applications.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Web browsers, Khronos Group, Web sites, Web 2.0, WebGL, Web-based Application, Web Browser
GPU standard may start with Apple's OpenCL
News PC and mobile-computing industries are looking at ways to exploit graphics processors on future computers--and they'll will start with Apple's OpenCL technology.
Tags: Standards, Graphics, Processors, Mobile processors, Software, ARM, Apple Inc., Mobile, GPU, Apple Macintosh
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Firefox gets an early taste of 3D Web standard
News Programmers have begun building WebGL into developer-oriented versions of Mozilla's browser. The 3D-acceleration technology is coming to WebKit, too.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Programmer, Graphics, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., 3D, Mozilla Firefox, blog
