WebGL is a new technology that brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the browser without additional installed software.

Hardware-based graphics acceleration in a Web browser isn’t a new idea, though up until now it’s largely remained the domain of proprietary formats like Adobe Flash.

Also discover how WebGL is bringing OpenGL based graphics to browsers on any platform supporting the OpenGL or OpenGL ES standards, without the need for any plug-in. Additionally, Khronos is ...

The WebGL graphics technology turned on by default in Firefox and Chrome poses a serious security risk and IT managers should consider disabling it, a security consultancy has recommended.

Hardware acceleration puts the upcoming Google Web browser leaps ahead of the current version. Google also issued patches this week, and is working on 3D capabilities for the browser.