plasio is a project by Uday Verma and Howard Butler that implements point cloud rendering capability in a browser. Specifically, it provides a functional implementation of the ASPRS LAS format, and it can consume LASzip-compressed data using LASzip NaCl module. Plasio is Chrome-only at this time, but it is hoped that other contributors can step forward to bring it to other browsers.
It is expected that most WebGL-capable browers should be able to support plasio, and it contains nothing that is explicitly Chrome-specific beyond the optional NaCL LASzip module. We just haven't tested it beyond Mac and Windows Chrome Canary at this time.
http://plas.io contains a demo of the interface and supports both LAS and LAZ.
What does the name plasio mean?
Nothing.
What are future plans for the software?
We hope that plasio provides a significant enough capability that others start to contribute exploitation and visualization flourishes.
When will it support X, Y, or Z?
The software is its formative stages at this point, and pull requests that provide new capabilities or fix signficant issues are going to be the most persuasive way to impact its future development.
The software is licensed under the permissive MIT license.