Proposed RFC Suggestion Provisional metaverse viewer project

[OBWANDO]

Summary:

Create a reference 'viewer' application as a basis to start exploring implementation. Specific choice of engine should be established for this project, keeping in mind the requirements of target platforms desired by line #2 requires easy porting to mobile platforms, while still supporting desktop VR platforms. While it may be desired to created specialized standards-compliant viewer applications for various platforms, at this stage let's keep focused on one target until we're more established.

What is the motivation for this suggestion?

Why is this important? What are the use cases for this suggestion? What should the outcome be if this suggestion is implemented?

Suggestion design description:

https://lists.openmv.org/g/fig-virtualworldsim/viewrow?id=37932&rowid=3237877&lv=1&p=RowNum%2C%2C%2C50%2C1%2C0%2C3237877

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How will this be work within the O3DE project?

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[OBWANDO]

We need to identify Open source projects and list here.

[LaylBongers]

Notes from the meeting today:

• Overte / Vircadia as a base for experimenting with some things
• Potentially starting from WebXR for broad support, Godot?
• Look at O3DE as an option
• OpenSimulator (reach out on what they could benefit from us, and figure out if there's licensing issues)
• We'll have to think about long-term portability, we don't want to maintain a lot of viewers, and we don't want to be stuck to a lot of technical debt

[SebaSOFT]

Is stil comparable to what the Chromium project is for the Web?

https://www.chromium.org/