Web browser meets OpenGL

[carpediem]

http://ubrowser.com/

Works really well, and I particulary like the fact that the page is fully interactive after you transform it. Feels REALLY wierd, but hey, it's fun!

uBrowser is a simple Web Browser that illustrates one way of embedding the Mozilla® Gecko rendering engine into a standalone application using LibXUL. In this case, the contents of the page is grabbed as it's being rendered and displayed as a texture on some geometry using OpenGL™. You are able to interact with the page (mostly) normally and visit (almost) any site that works correctly with Firefox® 1.5.

Download source and/or binaries

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Both my threads are in your pic, I smell a conspiracy.

The images look nice but it serves absolutely no purpose.
Why would GL in my browser help?

HDR porno?

 

[Ken2012]

It'd be cool if we were using a Johnny Mnemonic-style 3D internet interface, be it fully-fledged VR or just a game-style walkaround (i.e on a 2D monitor)... Kinda like an MMOG exept for general internet browsing purposes.

 

[Richard]

Aliasing, my eyes!

 

[carpediem]

Aliasing, my eyes!

Had it to application preferences in OGL settings... Crank it up and it looks better

 

[DOGMA1138]

i remeber there was some 3D web browser few good years ago, just a cube with web pages on it that you could rottate at will.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, that does look better.

 

[Blazkowicz]

wow, I tried it and it's even more useless than what it seems