This paper provides a complete state-of-the-art of the current
browser capabilities of the digital home devices using
HTML5. We present performance results concluded by experiments
carried out in representative set-top boxes, smartphones
and tablets. The current limitations to run advanced interactive
3D applications are also explained in the article. We also
present a solution to overcome the detected limitations to
be able to run advanced interactive 3D applications using
HTML5, making thin devices usable platforms for a larger
range of applications. A system architecture called 3DMaaS
is detailed to provide complementary rendering capabilities
to these devices, adding to their own capabilities the chance
to push to the cloud complex 3D rendering tasks. A technical
validation of 3DMaaS is done emphasizing on the overcoming
of the limitations detailed on the state-of-the-art.