<s>
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
Experiments	I-Application
is	O
an	O
online	O
showroom	O
of	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
based	O
experiments	O
,	O
interactive	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
artistic	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
Experiments	I-Application
is	O
an	O
official	O
Google	B-Application
website	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
meant	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
limits	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
browser	I-Application
's	O
performance	O
and	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
project	O
progressed	O
,	O
it	O
took	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
showcasing	O
and	O
experimenting	O
latest	O
open-source	B-License
web-based	B-Application
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
Canvas	B-Language
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
some	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
projects	O
on	O
Chrome	B-Application
experiments	I-Application
are	O
user	O
submitted	O
and	O
are	O
made	O
using	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
technologies	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
1,000	O
different	O
Chrome	B-Application
projects	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
Experiments	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
with	O
19	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
reason	O
for	O
its	O
inception	O
was	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
and	O
test	O
the	O
abilities	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
V8	B-Language
JavaScript	I-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
time	O
it	O
also	O
started	O
featuring	O
other	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
web-based	B-Application
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
,	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
Web	B-Language
Audio	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Canvas	B-Language
element	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
throughout	O
has	O
been	O
on	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
technology	I-License
and	O
thus	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
proprietary	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
projects	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
were	O
mainly	O
visualizations	B-Application
,	O
interactive	O
toys	O
,	O
and	O
simple	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
contributors	O
(	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
official	O
blog	O
)	O
were	O
made	O
by	O
artists	O
and	O
programmers	O
like	O
Casey	O
Reas	O
,	O
Ricardo	O
Cabello	O
(	O
Mr.doob	O
)	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Alexander	O
,	O
Joshua	O
T	O
.	O
Nimoy	O
,	O
and	O
Karsten	O
Schmidt	O
(	O
Toxi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
inception	O
and	O
launch	O
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
Experiments	I-Application
has	O
featured	O
only	O
user	O
submitted	O
projects	O
on	O
their	O
site	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
exceptions	O
of	O
projects	O
submitted	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
these	O
submissions	O
are	O
first	O
curated	O
by	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
Experiments	I-Application
team	O
and	O
then	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
for	O
reviews	O
and	O
comments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
important	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
submitted	O
projects	O
are	O
not	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
site	O
;	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
Experiments	I-Application
only	O
posts	O
a	O
verified	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
Experiments	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
started	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
usability	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
alone	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
time	O
it	O
has	O
now	O
become	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
showcase	O
capabilities	O
of	O
some	O
other	O
open-source	B-License
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
WebGl	B-Library
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Canvas	B-Language
element	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaScript	B-Language
is	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
that	O
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
for	O
creating	O
for	O
implementing	O
dynamic	O
website	O
pages	O
and	O
enhanced	O
user	O
interfaces	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Highly	O
influenced	O
by	O
programming	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Self	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Scheme	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
supports	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
,	O
functional	B-Language
,	O
and	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
its	O
name	O
has	O
Java	B-Language
in	O
it	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
language	O
from	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaScript	B-Language
is	O
the	O
main	O
area	O
of	O
focus	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
Experiments	I-Application
,	O
so	O
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
experiments	O
showcased	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
use	O
JavaScript	B-Language
in	O
some	O
form	O
or	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyper	B-Language
Text	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
language	I-Language
or	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
markup	O
language	O
for	O
displaying	O
web	O
pages	O
and	O
the	O
backbone	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
internet	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML5	B-Application
is	O
the	O
5th	O
revision	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
facilitates	O
playing	O
of	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
elements	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
usage	O
of	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
or	O
CSS3	O
programmers	O
can	O
even	O
design	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
experiments	I-Application
are	O
browser	B-Application
based	O
,	O
thus	O
all	O
have	O
some	O
relation	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
new	O
Canvas	B-Language
element	I-Language
unique	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
paint	O
and	O
design	O
tools	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
games	O
,	O
utilize	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
Canvas	B-Language
2-D	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cascading	B-Language
style	I-Language
sheets	I-Language
(	O
CSS	B-Language
)	O
is	O
style	O
sheet	O
language	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
format	O
the	O
structure	O
and	O
look	O
of	O
a	O
webpage	O
written	O
in	O
markup	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
XHTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
markup	O
languages	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
format	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
CSS	B-Language
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
move	O
formatting	O
attributes	O
such	O
as	O
font	O
color	O
,	O
font	O
style	O
,	O
font	O
size	O
,	O
background	O
color	O
,	O
borders	O
,	O
section	O
sizes	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
elements	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
moved	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
separate	O
file	O
resulting	O
in	O
much	O
simpler	O
code	O
and	O
much	O
flexible	O
handling	O
of	O
final	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
feature	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
is	O
heavily	O
used	O
in	O
nearly	O
all	O
Chrome	B-Application
experiments	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGL	B-Library
(	O
Web	B-Library
Graphics	I-Library
Library	I-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
API	O
used	O
for	O
rendering	O
3-D	O
and	O
2-D	O
graphics	O
and	O
animations	O
in	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
itself	O
without	O
any	O
additional	O
plugin	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
should	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
)	O
and	O
draws	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Canvas	B-Language
3-D	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebGL	B-Library
is	O
currently	O
supported	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	O
Firefox	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
limited	O
support	O
by	O
Safari	O
and	O
Opera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
Explorer	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
has	O
no	O
inbuilt	O
support	O
for	O
WebGL	B-Library
until	O
now	O
but	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
view	O
WebGL	B-Library
content	O
on	O
IE	O
using	O
additional	O
browser	B-Protocol
plugins	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilized	O
by	O
529	O
experiments	O
out	O
of	O
1127	O
,	O
WebGL	B-Library
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
technologies	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Language
audio	I-Language
or	O
HTML5	B-Language
audio	I-Language
,	O
is	O
the	O
high	O
level	O
JavaScript	B-Language
API	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
processing	O
and	O
playback	O
of	O
audio	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
additional	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
experiments	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
Experiment	I-Application
site	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
interactive	O
and	O
attractive	O
,	O
thus	O
Web-audio	O
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
most	O
of	O
these	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
first	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Chrome	B-Application
for	O
mobile	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
Google	B-Application
added	O
a	O
new	O
section	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
Experiment	I-Application
website	O
dedicated	O
to	O
only	O
mobile	O
based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
