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Mozilla moves into Open Web gaming

WEB BROWSER OUTFIT Mozilla has started up a division to develop games that can be played on web browsers.

Mozzarella has labeled it Mozilla Labs Gaming and the cunning plan is to use the technologies that make gaming on the Open Web possible.

According to the website, the Mozilla Foundation is inviting the wider community to play with cool technology and help establish Open Web as the framework behind gaming across all Internet connected devices.

A spokesman said that modern Open Web technologies have stacks of technologies such as open video, audio, WebGL, touch events, device orientation, geo-location, and fast Javascript engines that make it possible to build complex – and not so complex – games on the web.

He said that since these can all run on modern web browsers, the time is ripe for pushing the technology to game developers.

It seems Mozilla thinks games are a good way to keep people using its software. After all apps worked for the Iphone, even though real games on the PC knocked the spots off ones on the Imac.

The spokesman noted that games and game developers are at the forefront of technology, often pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible.

As part of this the open sourcerors at Mozilla are starting an international gaming competition: Game On 2010.

This competition will be open to all developers interested in creating games using the latest in Open Web technologies. More details about this will be forthcoming.

Source:theinquirer.net