Journey Through The Hobbit's Middle Earth with Google's Latest Interactive Chrome Experiment

Google Chrome’s latest interactive experiment is an homage to Peter Jackson’s  fictional universe, Middle Earth. It’s a large and sprawling map from the Hobbit with locations like Dol Guldur, Rivendell, and the Trollshaw forest. To explore these places from a first person, perspective, grab your phone, tablet, or computer and head over here.

Like other Chrome experiments, this interactive map was made to accommodate all devices, meaning a lot of technical challenges for the HTML5 team:

Our overall experience from this project is that WebGL on mobile works really well, especially on newer, high-end devices.

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