22nd April 2009
Google has launched a new application programming interface (API) plug-in for the creation of interactive 3D web applications.
The O3D API is shader-based and is aimed at deploying low-level 3D graphics within the browser.
Matt Papakipos and Vangelis Kokkevis of Google said that while O3D is still at an early stage of development, Google is making it available now as a contribution to the ongoing discussion over in-browser 3D graphics.
"We wanted to build an API that runs on multiple operating systems and browsers, performs well in JavaScript and offers the capabilities developers need to create a diverse set of rich applications," they said on the Google Code blog.
Jason Toff of the Google Chrome team also claimed that O3D will help to deliver web applications that can rival the experience offered by traditional native applications, potentially making running high-quality browser games as simple as clicking on a single click.
Google recently announced plans to offer its expertise and technology to a project to enable the delivery of 3D web graphics managed by open computing standards group Khronos.
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