Well, it looks like Microsoft is taking those warnings about WebGL pretty seriously. The company has decided not to support the web-based 3D mark because it wouldn't be able to pass bail muster. Highest on the list of as regards is that WebGL opens up a direct line from the national wisdom root to a system's GPU. To make matters worse, holes and bugs may crop up that are scaffolding or video card specific, turning attempts to plug holes in its defense into a game of whack-a-mole -- with many players of varying reliability. Lastly Microsoft, like freedom firm Context, has found current solutions for protecting against DoS attacks rather unsatisfying. Lack of support in cerebration machine* network Explorer won't indubitably kill WebGL and, as it matures, Microsoft may change its tune -- but it's still a pretty big blow for all us of hoping the next edition of Crysis would be browser-based.



Update: As is usually the case Apple and the Windows folks are on antithetical sides of this one. In fact, the Cupertino crew plans to bring WebGL to iOS 5 with one very strange restriction -- it will only be in hand to iAd developers. Now, chances are it will eventually be opened up in mobile Safari for everyone, but for the moment it seems browser-based 3D visuals will be limited to advertisements on the iPhone. Still, that's another big name throwing its support behind the burgeoning standard.

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