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I tried to run it in Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 10.0.648.204, but in both cases it returned an alert with the message, "This website requires WebGL. Try running Chr

I tried to run it in Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 10.0.648.204, but in both cases it returned an alert with the message, "This website requires WebGL. Try running Chrome 9+ or Firefox 4+".

andrenotgiant 16y ago
I think that might have something to do with the underlying GPU capabilities of your computer, happened to me as well with Chrome 12!
- techiferous 16y ago
  Yep, it's not the Chrome version. It works fine for me using Chrome 10.0.648.204.
- KirinDave 16y ago
  Your browser is not checking your graphics card. It's an error in the version detection.
  - thwarted 16y ago
    This is why we should be checking for capabilities/features and not version. And part of this is reporting the correct, helpful error message when the capability isn't there, and not just say they have the wrong version. I still have this problem with 64 bit flash on Linux, which adobe has decided to use a different format version string for.
    - rfurmani 16y ago
      It is checking for capabilities and not version: try { gl = canvas.getContext( "experimental-webgl") ; gl.viewportWidth = docWidth; gl.viewportHeight = docHeight; } catch(e) { } if (!gl) { alert("This website requires WebGL. Try running Chrome 9+ or Firefox 4+"); }
- zerosanity 16y ago
  I'm trying with FF4 and Chrome 11 with a GeForce 9600 GT and it still gives me the error message.
azakai 16y ago
Works great here on Firefox 4, so maybe a problem with your graphics card drivers? Do any other WebGL demos work?
allenp 16y ago
Do you have WinXP? I think WebGL is disabled by default in XP because of instability (at least in Chrome).
- RyanMcGreal 16y ago
  I just ran it on Chrome 10.0.648.205 on Ubuntu 10.10 and I get the same error.
  - codedivine 16y ago
    I don't think any browser supports WebGL on Ubuntu yet. edit: On Ubuntu, first close all chrome windows. Then start chrome with the command-line option "--ignore-gpu-blacklist" and it works.
jrsmitchell 16y ago
GPU acceleration is off by default in Chrome 10 on Windows XP. It worked for me when I started Chrome with: chrome.exe --enable-webgl --ignore-gpu-blacklist
nitrogen 16y ago
I had to go to about:config and force WebGL enabled on Firefox 4 on XP with a Geforce 8800GT.
websg-x 16y ago
Mozilla maintains a wiki on blocked video drivers and how to force enable them for each os/platform. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting/Blocked_Graphics_Drivers https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting/Blocked_Graphics_Drive...

I tried to run it in Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 10.0.648.204, but in both cases it returned an alert with the message, "This website requires WebGL. Try running Chrome 9+ or Firefox 4+".

andrenotgiant 16y ago

I think that might have something to do with the underlying GPU capabilities of your computer, happened to me as well with Chrome 12!

techiferous 16y ago
Yep, it's not the Chrome version. It works fine for me using Chrome 10.0.648.204.
KirinDave 16y ago
Your browser is not checking your graphics card. It's an error in the version detection.
- thwarted 16y ago
  This is why we should be checking for capabilities/features and not version. And part of this is reporting the correct, helpful error message when the capability isn't there, and not just say they have the wrong version. I still have this problem with 64 bit flash on Linux, which adobe has decided to use a different format version string for.
  - rfurmani 16y ago
    It is checking for capabilities and not version: try { gl = canvas.getContext( "experimental-webgl") ; gl.viewportWidth = docWidth; gl.viewportHeight = docHeight; } catch(e) { } if (!gl) { alert("This website requires WebGL. Try running Chrome 9+ or Firefox 4+"); }
zerosanity 16y ago
I'm trying with FF4 and Chrome 11 with a GeForce 9600 GT and it still gives me the error message.

azakai 16y ago

Works great here on Firefox 4, so maybe a problem with your graphics card drivers? Do any other WebGL demos work?

allenp 16y ago

Do you have WinXP? I think WebGL is disabled by default in XP because of instability (at least in Chrome).

RyanMcGreal 16y ago
I just ran it on Chrome 10.0.648.205 on Ubuntu 10.10 and I get the same error.
- codedivine 16y ago
  I don't think any browser supports WebGL on Ubuntu yet. edit: On Ubuntu, first close all chrome windows. Then start chrome with the command-line option "--ignore-gpu-blacklist" and it works.

jrsmitchell 16y ago

GPU acceleration is off by default in Chrome 10 on Windows XP. It worked for me when I started Chrome with: chrome.exe --enable-webgl --ignore-gpu-blacklist

nitrogen 16y ago

I had to go to about:config and force WebGL enabled on Firefox 4 on XP with a Geforce 8800GT.

websg-x 16y ago

Mozilla maintains a wiki on blocked video drivers and how to force enable them for each os/platform. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting/Blocked_Graphics_Drivers https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting/Blocked_Graphics_Drive...