Neowin News Feed for: Webgl

Microsoft disables a key graphics feature in Edge

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:50:10 +0000

Microsoft has released its latest security baseline for Edge 139. It disables a feature some users may have relied upon. Read more...

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Mozilla releases Firefox 86 with Total Cookie Protection

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:04:01 +0000

Mozilla has launched Firefox 86. It comes with a new anti-tracking tool, support for simultaneous Picture-in-Picture videos, a better printing screen, and performance and stability enhancements. Read more...

Microsoft is open-sourcing another piece of its Edge browser

Rich Woods — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 23:42:01 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it is open-sourcing the Microsoft Edge WebGL GLSL transpiler. The firm also confirmed that it has no plans to open-source Edge itself or the EdgeHTML engine. Read more...

Gamepad, Pointer Lock, and improved WebGL standards coming to Microsoft Spartan

Adrian Potoroaca — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed on Twitter that Spartan will be a great platform for gaming inside a browser, with Gamepad, Pointer Lock, and improved WebGL standards currently being implemented. Read more...

So why did Microsoft add WebGL support in IE11?

John Callaham — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:07:29 +0000

In a new interview, Microsoft Internet Explorer head Dean Hachamovitch talks about some of the advances in IE11, including why the team finally decided to add WebGL support to the browser. Read more...

Microsoft will support WebGL for Bing's upcoming 3D maps

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:02:08 +0000

Microsoft will use WebGL to help create their upcoming Bing Maps 3D features, in addition to supporting the graphics API inside the Internet Explorer 11 web browser. Read more...

Microsoft posts Vine clip hinting at WebGL support for IE10 ... or IE11?

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:51 +0000

Microsoft is using its Vine marketing campaign for Internet Explorer to hint strongly that WebGL support may be finally coming to Internet Explorer 10 sometime in the near future. Read more...

Windows Blue leak reveals evidence of WebGL support in IE11

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:10:10 +0000

An examination of the leaked Windows Blue build shows there is evidence that Microsoft could be putting in WebGL support for the operating system's Internet Explorer 11 web browser. Read more...

Nintendo 64 emulator becomes available via JavaScript

Paul Ferson — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:36:07 +0000

A developer has built an emulator for the N64 console using only JavaScript, allowing you the ability to access it online. Now you can relive your 90s games using only a web browser. Read more...

Microsoft abandons WebGL plans due to security concerns

Denis Wong — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:26:13 +0000

If you were counting on WebGL support in upcoming versions of Internet Explorer, you're out of luck for now. Microsoft made the decision to not support WebGL in its current form due to serious security... Read more...

Google visualizes data with 3D WebGL Globes

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:02:11 +0000

The Google Code team today have launched a new Chrome Experiment known as the WebGL Globe. Through any WebGL enabled browser, such as Google Chrome or Firefox 4, you can view geographic data on an... Read more...

Opera releases WebGL & Hardware accelerated browser preview

Steven Parker — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:18:39 +0000

More than 3 years on, Opera have released a public preview build of their browser, with a standards-based 3D canvas implementation using WebGL for Windows. In 2007 they had released a preview build showing an... Read more...