Each Web Lab experiment taps a modern Web technology to explore a specific idea that’s relevant to computer science.īut even if you can’t tell a WebSocket from HTML5 Canvas, Web Lab still demonstrates the power – and potential – of the Internet to in-museum and online visitors. It’s about as close as you’ll get to a truly global exhibition. Simultaneously, online participants can also “visit” from around the world to interact with the very same installations. Visitors to the free exhibition have five separate experiments to get involved with.
And if truth be told, it was actually a good opportunity to experience the exhibition first-hand for ourselves.īut first…what exactly is Web Lab? Web Lab: Showcasing modern browser tech
Six months into the year-long experiment, The Next Web ventured forth to get the lowdown on how things have gone so far, and what will likely become of it when the final curtain call arrives this July. In July last year, London’s Science Museum announced Web Lab, an interesting-sounding collaborative project with Google, featuring a range of interactive Chrome experiments designed to bring the inner workings of the Web to life.
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