http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/12/google-is-looking-to-run-native-code-on-the-web/ Insights about high-tech software and web business Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/12/google-is-looking-to-run-native-code-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-25575 Fred Brunel Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:41:04 +0000 http://fredbrunel.com/journal/?p=730#comment-25575 <p>Well, we'll see how it can be used and what kind of API they provide. I've seen Quake running in the samples, so I guess there is a sort of "framebuffer" API.<br><br>We're also looking for a way to accelerate movie generation using the user CPU but it's not that easy. Even with a plugin there will be a lot of data to transfer to the client in order to render anything -- so for now, the best is to download an app.<br><br>We'll see what Google come up with.</p> Well, we'll see how it can be used and what kind of API they provide. I've seen Quake running in the samples, so I guess there is a sort of “framebuffer” API.

We're also looking for a way to accelerate movie generation using the user CPU but it's not that easy. Even with a plugin there will be a lot of data to transfer to the client in order to render anything — so for now, the best is to download an app.

We'll see what Google come up with.

]]> http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2008/12/google-is-looking-to-run-native-code-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-25565 heri Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:08:30 +0000 http://fredbrunel.com/journal/?p=730#comment-25565 <p>it would mean you could use the CPU to do things like user-generated movies :-) but having access at the same time to the web.</p> it would mean you could use the CPU to do things like user-generated movies but having access at the same time to the web.

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