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Google Partners With Lego To Bring Building Blocks Online

By TechTaffy Desk

Lego-Google-ChromeGoogle and Lego is collaborating to bring Lego bricks online. Build with Chrome, an experimental project between Lego Australia and Google Australia, is now live for all users.

Build with Chrome uses WebGL, a 3D graphics technology, to let users build Lego creations online, using a Chrome browser. Users can also build with Lego bricks using a touchscreen on their mobile devices, with Chrome for Android support for WebGL.

Users can publish their creations to any plot of land in the world, share their builds, and even search for builds created by fellow users.

[Image courtesy: Google]

 

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