{"id":82812,"date":"2013-11-20T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=82812"},"modified":"2013-11-20T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:28:28","slug":"journey-through-middle-earth-on-your-computer-tablet-and-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/11\/20\/82812-journey-through-middle-earth-on-your-computer-tablet-and-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey through Middle-earth on your computer, tablet and phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82813\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82813 no-lazyload\" alt=\"A Journey Through Middle-earth, an interactive experiment by Google Chrome.\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome-300x222.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome-600x445.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Journey Through Middle-earth, an interactive experiment by Google Chrome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\">Part of the celebration of &#8220;The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,&#8221; is a new Google Chrome initiative that uses technology to lead users to a digital experience of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s literary creation.&nbsp; You visit by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/middle-earth.thehobbit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RIGHT HERE<\/a> (http:\/\/middle-earth.thehobbit.com\/) and trolling around the map with zoom features. Three locations are immediately available: The Trollshaw Forest, Rivendell and Dol Guldur. Others, like Thranduil&#8217;s Hall, are locked.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a YouTube commercial for it and below that, the full press release.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BVvMGD8LNL0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA JOURNEY THROUGH MIDDLE-EARTH\u201d<br \/>\nPREMIERES ACROSS COMPUTERS, TABLETS AND PHONES<\/p>\n<p>Burbank, CA, November 20, 2013\u2014Inspired by the epic fantasy adventure \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,\u201d \u201cA Journey Through Middle-earth,\u201d is a new Chrome Experiment that brings the locations and characters from \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d Trilogy to life with a mix of modern web technologies. &nbsp;The film, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, will be released worldwide December 13, 2013, from Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM.<br \/>\nThe online experience, developed by North Kingdom in collaboration with the studios, takes fans through an adventure that unfolds across an interactive map of Middle-earth.&nbsp; Users can zoom in to explore Trollshaw Forest, Rivendell and Dol Guldur, with new locations set to be added in the weeks ahead.&nbsp; Each destination on the map gives the visitor access to its history and the characters who inhabit it, or presents unique survival challenges in which fans can test their wits.<br \/>\nWith immersive 3D graphics built with CSS3 and WebGL, \u201cJourney Through Middle-earth\u201d is the first Chrome Experiment designed to bring this beautiful, 3D experience to mobile, with technology support for WebGL in Chrome for Android on devices with high-end graphics cards.&nbsp; Although WebGL isn\u2019t supported on iOS, Chrome users can still experience most of \u201cJourney Through Middle-earth\u201d on their iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>From Academy Award\u00ae-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, director of \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d Trilogy, comes \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.\u201d&nbsp; The screenplay for \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug\u201d is by Fran Walsh &amp; Philippa Boyens &amp; Peter Jackson &amp; Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.&nbsp; Jackson also produced the film, together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh.&nbsp; The executive producers are Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, with Philippa Boyens and Eileen Moran serving as co-producers.<br \/>\nNew Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Present a Wingnut Films Production, \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.\u201d&nbsp; The film is a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production.&nbsp; Warner Bros. Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television distribution being handled by MGM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the celebration of &#8220;The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,&#8221; is a new Google Chrome initiative that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":82813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,4,153,148,1911,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hobbit-book","category-hobbit-movie","category-tolkien-life","category-hobbit","category-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug","category-tolkien"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Chrome.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-lxG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82816,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82812\/revisions\/82816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}