Mozilla wants the Web to be a platform that’s fit for any purpose. That’s why the company is investing in Firefox OS—to fight back against the proliferation of platform-specific smartphone apps—and it’s why the company has been working on WebGL, in order to bring 3D graphics to the browser, Emscripten, a tool for compiling C++ applications into JavaScript, and asm.js, a high performance subset of JavaScript. The organization doesn’t just want simple games and apps in the browser, however. It wants the browser to be capable of delivering high-end gaming experiences. At GDC today, the company announced that it has been working with Epic Games to port the Unreal 3 engine to the Web. With this, Mozilla believes that the Web can rival native performance, making it a viable platform not just for casual games, but AAA titles.
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