What would you do if you
could stick your web browser on a virtual 3D surface and spin it around in real time? Probably scratch you head and ask
"but what is it good for?" Well, that's what you get with
uBrowser,
head-scratching included. In truth it's basically a tech demo that showcases Mozilla's Gecko web page rendering engine
married to OpenGL. It's not really good for anything, but it is fun to stick your favorite web site on a sphere or a
waving flag and turn it this way and that. Since it's based on LibXUL, it's a fully functional web browser, which means
you can click on links, check your Gmail, and even play flash games. And it's also open source, so despite what I just
said it probably
is useful for developer-types.
Tags: 3d, gecko, libxul, mozilla, opengl, opensource, ubrowser
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Subscribe to commentsAJFeb 24th 2006 8:15PM
The point of this is to get the technology working in order to embed web pages in Second Life. Just so you know. :)
CaBiNETFeb 25th 2006 6:16AM
Wow, I think we'll be browsing web in the 3DR helmet soon ;)
ChrisFeb 26th 2006 9:18AM
Strange concept... I have to be missing something, here.
Sreedhar KondaFeb 26th 2006 4:38PM
Really nice concept... def I will use this whenever I get bored with browsing..
Thanks,
sreedhar
http://www.sreedhara.com
Joe AndersonFeb 27th 2006 6:42AM
If you think this is cool you should see http://www.3b.net