Xbox Announces Xbox Labs, Aimed in Part at Getting Improved Old-Gen Games Playable in Web Browsers

Microsoft has announced Xbox Labs, a new initiative with a small team of engineers exploring emerging technologies to distribute and even create games, with a particular emphasis on web browsers. It supports new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's goal of reaching 1 billion players per day, and IGN understands Xbox Labs is tasked with shipping products, not just R&D.

• Xbox Labs will work on running Xbox and Xbox 360 games in browsers
• The initiative targets 1 billion players per day, per CEO Asha Sharma
• The team is tasked with shipping products, not just research
• Monetization is undecided: upfront cost, microtransactions or ads