Australian Technology

Aussie opens up WebGL on iOS

Takeaway: An Australian developer poked around in Apple’s private iOS API collection and returned with a canvas that allows developers to take a sneak peak at WebGL running on iOS.

The Australian developer in question is Nathan de Vries, who has published his detective work in a blog post, one that I fully recommend you read for all the details that he went through.

To give the short version, de Vries debugged and disassembled his way through Apple’s iAds private API framework until he came up with a standard web view object that could make use of WebGL.

Some folks at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have jumped on the findings and created a WebGL-enabled browser that is linked below:

The real question remaining is: how long it will be until WebGL is available throughout iOS without hacks such as this?

Anyone care to wager when the black box known as Apple chooses to release this feature to salivating masses?

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Chris Duckett

About Chris Duckett

Programmer and journalist Chris Duckett is the Editor for TechRepublic Australia.

Chris Duckett

Chris Duckett
Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer. He left CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada and returned to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia, determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.
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