A
Chrome Experiment made with some friends from Oz
You won’t need magical powers to take a journey down the yellow brick road; just point your favorite browser to the latest
Chrome Experiment, “
Find Your Way to Oz.” Developed in collaboration
with Disney and
UNIT9 in anticipation of the upcoming film,
Oz The Great and Powerful, this
Experiment takes you through a dusty Kansas circus and leads to a vibrant land, following in the footsteps of the Wizard himself.
Like any good circus, there’s plenty to keep you entertained: compose your own music, play
with a fun photo booth and create your own movie
with a zoetrope. The path to Oz also involves confronting an omi**us tornado; surviving it completes the journey, enabling fans of the movie to watch an exclusive unreleased clip
from the film.
Chrome Experiments like “Find Your Way to Oz” would have been impossible a few years ago. Since that time, the web has evolved and allowed developers and designers to create immersive beautiful experiences. For “Find Your Way to Oz” the 3D environment was built entirely
with new tech**logies such as
WebGL and
CSS3. It’s enhanced by rich audio effects thanks to the
Web Audio API. The photo booth and zoetrope were built using the
getUserMedia feature of
WebRTC, which grants webpages access to your computer’s camera and microphone (with your permission).
For the best experience, you’ll need to use an up-to-date computer built to handle intense graphics. It also works best
with a webcam and a modern browser that supports WebGL and WebRTC, like
Chrome. For tablet or smartphone users, we have a smaller scale yet equally enjoyable experience that you can try
with the latest
Chrome browser on your Android device, iPhone or iPad.
If you want to learn more, or run away and join the developer circus, you can get an explanation of the tech**logies used on the
Chromium blog or in our
technical case study.
Start your journey towards the yellow brick road at
www.findyourwaytooz.com.
Posted by Christos Apartoglou, Marketing Manager
