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Microsoft's being stupid. WebGL is a way to write 3D on the Web, something that's so far not been possible. All the Direct2D stuff is orthogonal -- you can acce
by sid0 16y ago
Microsoft's being stupid. WebGL is a way to write 3D on the Web, something that's so far not been possible. All the Direct2D stuff is orthogonal -- you can accelerate 2D drawing and provide 3D support separately, as Firefox does.
- bad_user 16y agoMicrosoft is not stupid -- WebGL is OpenGL, you know, that standard competing with Direct3D. I wouldn't be surprised if they released IE with DirectWeb or WebX, or something ;)
- DjDarkman 16y agoI wonder what would Microsoft do with all those Androids and iPads out there. It seems that they are having a real hard time realizing that for once in a life, this is not about them :)
- sid0 16y agoWell, they're either stupid or lying. I just used Hanlon's razor to decide.
- etherealG 16y agoI think you are 100% right. The author didn't say it, but that's exactly what they want to do. They're even buttering it up... You know what the difference will be between WebX and WebGL when they release it: that it's NATIVE! You can smell it coming.
- pmjordan 16y agoSee "Graphics Improvements" on http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/ http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/ That's all there is to this story. WebGL competes with Silverlight, and real-world WebGL adoption isn't very high yet. Microsoft therefore feel they stand a chance.