Download and install USB driver for your Android device. Download and install the latest Android SDK. What will you need? On your computerĪll steps are optional if you already have set up Android development environment on your computer, just make sure you are up to date. You can just wait till some more sensible way of enabling WebGL in Chrome Beta will come via official channel It may or may not work on your particular Android device, you may mess up and break something. Usual common sense disclaimers apply: don't do these things if you don't understand the implications. This APK worked for me on ASUS Transformer Pad 300 and Galaxy Nexus (on Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.1 respectively). Support might be limited on older devices.If you are ok with running one particular version of patched Chrome Beta I made and you trust me, you can skip many steps of the process and just try installing the patched APK I made:Ĭhrome Beta. Mostly supported on the latest phones and tablets. Support might be limited on older devices. Google Android Browserįully supported on the latest phones and tablets. Although these devices technically fully support 3D graphics in the web browser, due to a restriction of Apple it is not currently possible to use the Smithsonian X 3D explorer on iOS devices. Open the developer menu in the menu bar and select Enable WebGL.Īpple does not permit the use of WebGL on iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad. At the bottom of the window, check "Show developer menu in menu bar". Click the Advanced tab in the Preferences window. Open the Safari menu and select Preferences. Safari users need to enable WebGL first since it is disable by default. On OS X, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox fully support the Smithsonian X 3D Explorer. Microsoft WindowsĪll major browsers on Windows are supported, including Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. If you are unsure if you have WebGL support, visit this website. Use the following list to find out which browsers and operating systems fully support Smithsonian X 3D. Check WebGL and WebGL2 from under the Graphics Feature Status title. Type chrome://gpu in the Omnibox and open the URL. Now check the WebGL status from the Chrome GPU information page. Most browsers support this technology which enables the display of 3D graphics in the web browser. On the Chrome browser, click on the Menu » Settings » System (from the left pane) » Enable Use hardware acceleration when available option. It requires an up-to-date browser supporting WebGL. 
The Smithsonian X 3D Explorer is a modern 3D web application.
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