HTML 5 is here. Big companies are making big bets on this collection of technologies to enable a next generation of rich game capabilities without the need for browser plugins. Vincent Scheib from the Google Chrome team has a console game and engine development background. Join Vince while he walks us through the current capabilities, short-term and long-term potential, and challenges of HTML5, and what the successful deployment of modern browser games means to casual game development. For slides visit: casualconnect.org