Mozilla Labs announced initiative for browser-based gaming

Thursday, September 09, 2010 Games , Games-News , Mozilla , News , Open-Source-News 1 Comments

Mozilla is taking an initiative to promote browser-based games as it announced its latest project, Mozilla Labs: Gaming. Mozilla Labs: Gaming, will focus on creating browser-based games built on open web standards.

To get things started Mozilla Labs will keep continue their tradition of hosting a competition (which they normally do for their projects, every two months), which will invite the developers to develop browser-based games using the open-web standards. The competition will begin later this month (logistics are not announced yet).

Mozilla Labs gaming page states,

"We are excited to present to you the latest initiative from Mozilla Labs: Gaming. Mozilla Labs Gaming is all about games built, delivered and played on the Open Web and the browser. We want to explore the wider set of technologies which make immersive gaming on the Open Web possible. We invite the wider community to play with cool, new tech and aim to help establish the Open Web as the platform for gaming across all your Internet connected devices.

Modern Open Web technologies introduced a complete stack of technologies such as Open Video, audio, WebGL, touch events, device orientation, geo location, and fast JavaScript engines which make it possible to build complex (and not so complex) games on the Web. With these technologies being delivered through modern browsers today, the time is ripe for pushing the platform. And what better way than through games? Traditionally games and game developers have been at the forefront of technology, often pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible."

So, what impact will Mozilla labs: gaming will have? Considering Google’s Chrome Web Store which will be launched this fall. Mozilla is also planning to create an Open Web App Store, and gaming can play a big part in promoting it.