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Bible LabsHelp: 3D

When the 3D labs don't show

The 3D labs draw with your computer's graphics chip (WebGL). If the page says your device can't run 3D, or the picture is very slow, hardware acceleration is usually turned off or the browser is out of date. Here is how to fix it, and what to use in the meantime.

Google Chrome

  1. Open the menu (⋮) and choose Settings.
  2. Choose System on the left.
  3. Turn on “Use graphics acceleration when available”.
  4. Press Relaunch, then open the lab again.

Microsoft Edge

  1. Open the menu (…) and choose Settings.
  2. Choose System and performance.
  3. Turn on “Use graphics acceleration when available”.
  4. Press Restart, then open the lab again.

Safari (Mac, iPhone, iPad)

  1. Safari always uses the graphics chip; there is no switch to turn on. If 3D does not run, Safari is usually too old.
  2. On a Mac: Apple menu → System Settings → General → Software Update.
  3. On an iPhone or iPad: Settings → General → Software Update.
  4. Low Power Mode can make the 3D slow; turn it off while you use a lab.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open the menu (☰) and choose Settings.
  2. On the General page, scroll to Performance.
  3. Untick “Use recommended performance settings”, then tick “Use hardware acceleration when available”.
  4. Close Firefox completely, open it again, then open the lab.

Update the browser

  1. Chrome: menu (⋮) → Help → About Google Chrome. It updates itself; press Relaunch.
  2. Edge: menu (…) → Help and feedback → About Microsoft Edge.
  3. Firefox: menu (☰) → Help → About Firefox.
  4. Safari updates with the system (see above).

School and church computers

  1. Shared computers are often locked: the settings above may be greyed out. Ask the person who looks after the computers to turn on graphics acceleration in the browser and to update the browser and the graphics driver.
  2. Older classroom laptops can run the labs in low quality: the lab switches by itself, or add ?quality=lite to the lab's address.
  3. For a class, the text version prints well, and the 40-second videos can be downloaded beforehand and played without a connection.

Check that it worked

Reload the lab after restarting the browser. In Chrome or Edge you can also open chrome://gpu (edge://gpu) and look for “WebGL: Hardware accelerated”.

In the meantime

Every 3D lab has a text version: the same guided tour, stop by stop, with the scripture for each stop. Many also have a 40-second video on the lab's page.

Text versions of the 3D labs

Watch the video guide → How to use the Labs, step by step, in 13 minutes.

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