On occasion of this world cup football season, Google has revealed a new Chrome Experiment that combines your phone and your desktop/laptop Chrome browser as a controller for two-player footie action, you try it yourself at Kick With Chrome.

The game/experiment uses chrome browser users which uses existing technologies that means no apps and no downloads. All you need is a device running Chrome and you're ready to play.

In Kick with Chrome, you can play three different games: Infinite Dribble, Space Kick, and Shootout. In Infinite Dribble, tilt your phone or tablet to dodge defenders and roadblocks. Kick the ball high in the sky in Space Kick. Or kick and block penalty shots in the best-of-three game Shootout.

kick with chrome screen

Google has used latest mobile web platform technologies, your phone or tablet is always your game controller in Kick with Chrome, and you can play with or without your desktop computer. Web technologies like WebRTC DataChannel and WebSockets enable the real-time mobile-to-desktop connection, and the HTML5 Fullscreen, Accelerometer and Vibration APIs create the rich mobile web experience. Just open Chrome on your Mac or Windows laptop, Android phone or tablet, iPhone or iPad and you can play this game right away.
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