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Walk in the footsteps of heroes in “A Journey Through Middle-earth”
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
In time for the epic conclusion to the Hobbit trilogy we’ve updated the Chrome Experiment, “A Journey Through Middle-earth.” Whether you’re a hobbit, wizard or dwarf (oh yeah, humans too) you can now relive all of the epic Middle-earth adventures, from Frodo’s journey to Mount Doom in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
to Bilbo’s final battle in
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
, in theaters December 17th. This year's Chrome Experiment was developed by North Kingdom in collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM).
Your adventure
starts
on a beautiful, interactive map of Middle-earth where you can explore all 27 locations from the
Lord of the Rings
and
Hobbit
film trilogies. This year’s map is rich with 3D animations highlighting the paths of eight key characters, including Bilbo, Gandalf and Bard.
Completely new for this year’s version is a
peer-to-peer battle game
where you can challenge your friends to a test of skill. The peer-to-peer gameplay experience was built primarily using the latest web technologies, including WebRTC and
WebGL
. It’s touch optimized for laptops, phones and tablets, bringing you a stunning interactive experience across all your devices.
Just go to
goo.gl/TheHobbit
on your laptop, phone or tablet to check out the latest
Chrome Experiment
, “
A Journey through Middle-earth
.”
And for those of you who are more interested in geeking out about web development than exploring Middle-earth, check out our
technical case study
on HTML5Rocks.com.
Posted by Ian Ellison-Taylor, Chrome Product Manager and human defender of Minas Tirith
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