Apple approves WebGL for iAds on iOS 5

Apple has said that the 3D web graphics standard WebGL will be an option in iOS 5 — for iAds only.

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Apple has not indicated whether it plans to ship WebGL, though nightly builds of the WebKit open-source browser on which Safari is based include support. "WebGL will not be publicly available in iOS 5. It will only be available to iAd developers," said Apple's Chris Marrin on a WebGL mailing list.

It is not clear if WebGL will arrive in Safari for personal computers, although that seems like a likely possibility now, or if Apple plans to make it available later for mobile web programming in general.

On Thursday Microsoft declared WebGL too risky to use in its current form.

For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Apple signs up for WebGL graphics in iAds on CNET News.