Chrome Super Sync Sports

Google has recently released their latest Chrome Experiment called ‘Super Sync Sports’ which allows players to convert their mobile phones and tablets into a remote control for their desktop browser.

To give it a spin visit www.chrome.com/supersyncsports/, choose a game i.e. running, swimming or cycling and then follow the instructions to sync your mobile phone. Once the sync is complete you can then play your way to victory, while the game plays out on your desktop.

What will be interesting to see is how this type of interaction and technology is finally leveraged. The game currently utilises HTML5 features like WebSockets, Canvas and CSS3.

HTML 5 YouTube Banner

At the recent DoubleClick HTML 5 Banner Challenge, Biborg Interactive & Alpha Layer from France came up with an innovative HTML 5 banner demo that invited users to fly over France by hot air balloon, discovering famous places, such as the Effel Tower, Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille or Le Château de Versailles from the sky.

The rich media banner utilised a number of HTML 5 features, like the W3C Geolocation standard, WebGL, Audio and Video tags, along with some great Google Maps integration, to help bring the idea to life.