Microsoft uses Vine video to hint at WebGL support coming to Internet Explorer 11

Recently leaked copies of Windows 8.1, which includes Internet Explorer 11, have suggested that Microsoft will support WebGL shortly, a specification that lets webpages render 3D graphics. The software giant is dropping a big hint towards that support today with a teaser on Vine. After a set of entertaining Vine ads for IE recently, the latest asks "what's next? WebGL?"

The hints mean that Microsoft has likely engineered WebGL to fit its security needs. Previously, the software maker has outlined security concerns with the standard, noting in 2011 that its current form was non-endorsable "from a security perspective." The Vergeunderstands that Internet Explorer 11 does indeed include WebGL support, and that it will be delivered as part of the Windows 8.1 update later this year.