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> You'll need a browser that supports WebGL to play Hover.

I'm pretty sure Chrome supports WebGL.

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You are probably on Linux. Some graphics drivers don't support WebGL so it's turned off.

Works fine on Chrome 29.0.1547.76 on Linux as well.

Works fine on Chrome 29.0.1547.76 on Mac.

I have the same version on Mac and it doesn't work. Weird

Working fine for me on Chrome 29.0.1547.76 on 2013 13in MacAir

Chrome supports WebGL, but Chrome does not necessarily have WebGL enabled. There's a whole blacklist of GPUs it's disabled by default on. You either have to flip a flag somewhere or start up with --ignore-gpu-blacklist.

Nah, it's not that. I can't get it working either and WebGL is working fine here. They're using Modernizr and the 'Modernizr.csstransforms3d' property seems to be returning false in my browser.

Maybe it's because of this bug? https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/issues/590

Edit: actually, it does seems to be a blacklisting issue. You can check in about:gpu. In my case I was running WebGL via software! If you're curious you can see the full list here: https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chrome/gpu/software_renderin...

Same problem on my Chromebook Pixel, but http://get.webgl.org confirms that I have WebGL support.

Same device/issue here.

Not working on my HP Chromebook, sadly.

Works fine on Firefox on Linux over here.

Do other WebGL demos work on your machine? Might be a driver issue or a blacklisting.

Version 29.0.1547.76 m and Windows 7 working fine for me

I wonder if they're just sniffing UAs, blocking Chrome. fwiw Firefox seems to work fine.

They're not. I think it stands to reason they would have blocked Firefox as well.

You're arguing that they should be acting rationally if they're sniffing UAs and blocking Chrome specifically? That's inherently irrational, once you cross that line you can't assume anything.

Anyway, this seems to be resolved, so it's unimportant.

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