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They are emphasising tiny "instant games" because that is the only form in which games in a browser are viable. The filesystem and threading APIs (among others)

They are emphasising tiny "instant games" because that is the only form in which games in a browser are viable. The filesystem and threading APIs (among others) to support full size experiences are handicapped or non-existent. There is also nothing hugely new here, WebGL 1.0 was perfectly fine for this kind of thing, despite being a bit limited and crap to work with

pjmlp 3y ago
Indeed, I am yet to see anything comparable to Infinity Sword, which Apple used to demo the newly introduced OpenGL ES 2.0 capabilities of their iPhone, back in the day.
- genpfault 3y ago
  > Infinity Sword Infinity Blade[1]? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Blade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Blade
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Yeah that one, I typed that from memory.
astlouis44 3y ago
Unreal Engine 5 was just ported to WebGPU and WebAssembly, see below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39911041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39911041