Google’s new Chrome Experiment shows off the mobile web, and will fascinate Tolkien fans

If you’re a fan of Middle Earth, web technologies, or mobile in general you have to check the latest Chrome Experiment out. It’s an interactive map of Middle Earth — a place well-known to readers and viewers of The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings — built with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It’s magnificent. It’s also just the beginning.Tapping and selecting a location from the map brings up another layer, with parallax scrolling, pinch-to-zoom, and great performance on the desktop, mobile and ChromeOS. Again, this is all built with standard web technologies. Finally, each location offers a sort of mini-game, where user input and swiping (or mouse