HTML5 is the Next Wave in Markup Language on the World Wide Web

HTML5 is currently in development as the next revision of existing HTML and it’s rumored to be good for more than just basic video. A team of three developers at Google who have had some spare time on their hands (actually, Google has a 20% time policy, whereby Google engineers are allowed to spend 1/5 of their workday on projects that aren’t necessarily in the scope of their formal job descriptions) are working on Quake II, a video game involving demanding graphics that will be able to run in a browser window.

The initial plan is for the game to be run in either the Google Chrome or Apple Safari web browser. The video game will use an HTML5 canvas and WebGL for graphics acceleration.

The Quake II project was revealed on April 1st, and reports have said that the project is already successfully underway. If you’re interested in learning more about the game, check out the video below.

Via Engadget and InformationWeek.