With WebGL version 1.0 released, though, and companies like mobile-phone chipmaker Qualcomm endorsing it, WebGL comes with a greater assurance of stability and support.

These and other features were added to the beta version of Chrome in mid-December. Google has four versions, or channels, of Chrome: Canary, Dev, Beta, and Stable.

Today, Opera joined the WebGL world with the release of the Opera 12 alpha, code-named Wahoo, and for the occasion, the company released a WebGL version of the game Emberwind.

Google Maps brought us a few 3D buildings in its WebGL version last week (including nice touches like shadows), and now Ovi Maps 3D is showing us a WebGL map that feels a lot more like Google Earth.

Babylon.js, Microsoft's native JavaScript-based 3D game engine, has reached version 3. The new version supports WebGL 2 and includes a rewritten component for handling physical based rendering (PBR).

While the WebGL/asm.js version of the Unity engine is not as fast as the plug-in version, the companies say that it's still good enough to hit 60 frames per second in a range of games. Unity is ...

If you’re using a WebGL-enabled browser, such as a recent version of Google Chrome or the new Firefox beta, you’ll see a note in the lower left corner of Google Maps inviting you to try it out.

For developers, Firefox Version 35.0 includes support for inspecting ::before and ::after pseudo elements, and added support for the EXT_blend_minmax WebGL extension.

The stable version also now includes WebGL, which brings hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the browser. "With WebGL in Chrome, you can experience rich 3D experiences right inside the browser with no ...

Google has made some upgrades to the stable version of its Chrome browser, adding things like WebGL and Chrome Instant, and expanding the presence of the Chrome Web Store. Like Google Instant ...