Set up a VNC server
From Linuxintro
vnc allows you to connect to a remote computer's display over the network. It consists of a client and a server. The client is the viewer, the server provides the display. You can also allow browsers to view the server's desktop.
server
for a web browser
To configure vnc so it can be viewed from a web browser:
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install tighvnc-java vncserver -httpport 80