browser. Google Chrome. will support the work with game controllers. This is with reference to the developers of Google says Edge Magazine.
In addition to working with joysticks, promised support for webcams and microphones without having to install additional extensions. Thus, according to the publication, the company alludes not only to support the ' traditional ' games, but also using technology to ' augmented reality ', or tracking the player's actions.
It is also planned that. Chrome. will support the technology WebRTC, which allows to organize video conferences directly from your browser, without requiring the installation of third-party plug-ins. This was reported in June 2011, and now the company has confirmed its intention to.
Edge Magazine suggests that WebRTC can also be used for work such as the cloud gaming service OnLive, which allows the game to run on a remote server. In this case, only the user's computer processes the incoming video stream.
However, representatives of. Google. publication indicated that at present the development of such services are not talking. ' Game ' innovations will appear in the browser in the first quarter of 2012.
The first version of the Chrome browser has appeared in September 2008. To date, according to Stat Counter, the share of Chrome on users' computers is very close to the popularity of Mozilla Firefox. It is assumed that the browser from Google and Firefox will overtake the second place by the end of 2011.