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How to open chrome and display as texture in game c# / unity

Ok, so my client wants a feature where the person should be able to find an image through google during their game. I'm not sure, the only idea I've had would be to basically screen record the specific application then apply it as a texture to a cube. It is also in VR so the Chrome searching has to be done specifically in application. Any suggestions?

you could do a screen capture kind of thing -
i stumbled upon a video when i was trying to get some embeded browser functionality going:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMLSACaaOjU
as the above shows you could take a capture based off of a certain click then whatever texture coding would come after that capture
also on the asset store there are assets which are costly that already contain embedded web browser depending on the platform.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/embedded-browser-55459
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/3d-webview-for-android-137030
aside from that you would have to program the results returned from the google web search request made (unitywebrequest) and allow your client to select the image

How to draw custom pin with Xamarin.Forms.GoogleMaps

Hello I am trying to develop multiplatform application and I want to render shapes on my map.
I am able to render png files and etc, but is it possible to draw custom shapes created programatically?
I followed this example XFGoogleMapSample, but I am not able to create with PCL project.
Can you please help me?

It is possible to draw lines (polylines) and shapes (polygons and circles), which can be drawn programmatically and interactive.
Take a look at this example which demonstrates the API.

Best way of drawing a chart in a web page

I'm new in web programming and just want to ask for an opinion. I want to develop a web page and in the home page, I want to display a kind of chart. With nodes connected with arrows and the arrows will be hyperlinked. In a window based application, I understand there are tools like Visual Basic Power Tools in which you can drag and drop shapes like lines and oval or arrows and using there, it is fairly easy to make a chart.
But in a web application, I can't find any tools or anything that can help me draw a chart. Is there any recommendation on some kind of tools or something so that I can draw a chart in a web page? :)

You can do it either client side or server side.
Client side
There are some javascript libraries which will render charts to your web page(Client side) upon feeding it with the data in JSON format. Checkout chart.js and d3.js. Chart.js uses HTML5 canvas elements to draw the chart where d3 uses SVG for drawing charts.
Server side
ASP.NET has some charting libraries/server controls which renders charts for you. Check out this blogpost which has sample code to get started.

Create a zoomable map with c#

I want to create a zoomable draggable etc. map of a really big image, the functionality should be like google maps but the map itself comes from me (it will be a galaxy picture).
So I think I have to use this components:
Frontend: http://openlayers.org/
(Example)
Backend: http://sharpmap.codeplex.com/
And connect them with each other, so the frontend will call the backend to display tiles in the current zoomlevel of the map.
I'm new to that map building thing and just want to make sure to not going in the wrong direction, so does it makes sense? Anyone did that before? Or any better ideas?
EDIT
Sorry, forgot that: The user should not have to install any additional stuff and it should run on an Ipad too, so I'm not able to use silverlight, flash etc. Just good old plain JS :)

I had worked on similar requirement but development platform was Silverlight. I had used "DeepEarth" (extended deep zoom) with tiles hosted on the local server.
DeepEarth
DeepZoom
You can try using Bing Control and services which is a paid service. In trial version, you will get Bing logo in the background. Bing Services
Bing control or any such controls with tiling services are appropriate when you want real world map - cities/roads. If you just need to have a zoom in/out feature on an image you can use deepzoom.

I ended up with using openlayers.org for the frontend and building the backend by myself.

What is the best way to implement scrollable maps (like Google Maps) in Microsoft Silverlight?

Problem Overview
I am working on a game application and need to be able to implement scrollable maps in Silverlight similar to those found in Google Maps. However, I am unsure as to how to implement this effectively. The following paragraphs provide much additional detail. Any ideas or guidance is greatly appreciated!
Problem Detail
I have been working on a new MMOG (massively multi-player online game). The game will implement a coordinate (x,y) based map. Only a very small fraction (less than 0.1%) of the map will be displayed on the screen at any given time. The player should have the ability to click on the map and drag the mouse to scroll and view map areas which are not presently visible. (This is somewhat similar to Google Maps.)
The map background is made up of a series of stitched (repeating) images. These images are woven together to give the basic appearance of the game's "world". A standard set of additional graphics are then superimposed, as appropriate, on each of the coordinate locations . For example, point (0,0) might be a lake, (0,1) might be a city, and (0,2) might be a forest. The respective images for a lake, a city, and a forest would be superimposed on the background.
It is important to mention that the entire map is NOT stored on the local client machine. Rather, as a player scrolls to or opens a specific location, the appropriate map information is retrieved from the remote game server. It is infeasible for us to build the entire game world map ahead of time due to its size and the fact that portions of the map are constantly changing.
I have toyed with the idea of building a bitmap on-the-fly of the new map each time a player moves. However, I think there may be a much better way to add to the map as the player scrolls.
When scrolling, movement of the map should not, if possible, result in a "flickered" refresh of the screen. I believe recreating a bitmap each and every time a player moves even one or two pixels would almost certainly result in flicker.
I am open to 3rd party tools and solutions. However, to the degree possible, I would prefer to use standard Microsoft libraries or open source tools rather than commercial tools.
What are some ideas as to the best way to implement this functionality so that it performs well, is reliable, and transitions to new areas of the map appear seamless to the player?
Thank you in advance for all your help!
Update
Here are a few pieces of additional information that may prove helpful.
Since my initial post, I have been introduced to the concept of a "tile engine". (Many thanks to Michael and Paul for pointing me towards Bing and BruTile.)
My understanding is that a tile engine basically breaks larger images into sections and renders them side by side. As a user scrolls, additional tiles are rendered as others are removed from view. This is very much what I am looking for.
However, there may be a couple of wrinkles that affect my use of a standard tile engine. All of the graphics for the game, including the backgrounds which would be displayed on any tile, will already be downloaded on the client. It is important that the tile engine not retrieve the graphics from a server as this would consume significant unnecessary bandwidth.
Other graphics (e.g. a lake, forest, hill), which represent objects from the gameworld, must be superimposed when the tiles are rendered on the screen. Tile engines such as Bing appear to provide the ability to superimpose custom images. Whatever tile engine is used must not only support this feature but allow exact placement of these superimposed images.
Finally, there is a a requirement to support popup descriptions when the user mouses over one of the superimposed graphics. Unlike the graphics which are already stored on the client, the descriptions contain information which must be downloaded from the game server. BruTile, while excellent in many ways, does not appear to yet support these popup descriptions.
We are making great progress. Thanks for all your help so far!

For an open source solution you could look at BruTile. It too has all the features you describe. It can also be used on the Microsoft Surface and on Windows Phone (for your markeplace version).

Use the Bing Maps control or the MultiScaleImage (Deep Zoom) which it uses.
To seen an example, go here. You can use the Deep Zoom Composer to create maps or topologies using your own photos and images.
Here is the SDK for the control.