In 2010, OnLive introduced a revolutionary idea – leverage the flexibility of the cloud to stream PC games to any PC in spite of its specs. Now a lot of Web companies are taking that concept even further with a brand new Web technology that does an identical thing in any browser.

Mozilla announced today that it has partnered with OTOY and Amazon Web Services to bring a brand new HTML5 tool called ORBX.js to the net. The net technology allows HTML5 applications to leverage racks of GPU servers to deliver graphics-intensive applications to any modern Web browser. Give some thought to it like OnLive for the internet, however it may be used for greater than just games.

At the instant, ORBX.js is solely available to AWS customers. Meaning those that use AWS can integrate the hot Web technology into their app to deliver high-quality graphics-intensive applications to any compatible browser. One such application is Octane Cloud Workstation – Autodesk Edition – an internet app with a view to allow designers to create sophisticated 3D models while not having to possess their very own powerful workstation. All of the work is finished on AWS’ servers and is then delivered seamlessly to the user’s PC or other compatible device.

“Designers and engineers have an increasing must be mobile, accessing the tools they want anytime, anywhere and from any device. Simple viewing and mark-up of documents is not any longer sufficient – they must be capable to access powerful 3D design applications, be capable of do real design work and never worry about sacrificing performance,” said Jeff Kowalski, Chief Technology Officer at Autodesk. “This is now possible with technology developed by Autodesk, AWS and OTOY.”

Here’s a video demo of Octane Cloud running in Firefox:

Despite the most emphasis of this technology being on graphics-intensive applications, like 3D modeling software, it’s said that ORBX.js may also be used to deliver state-of-the-art gaming experiences to people over the cloud.

On a last note, OTOY may be offering a subscription service that offers users access to a top-of-the-line workstation PC over the Cloud for $9.99 a month. The demo you saw above was using the identical cloud workstation PC to run Adobe Creative Cloud and Unreal Engine 4. You’ll discover out more over at OTOY’s Website.

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