Web & Augmented/Mixed Reality (AR,MR)

dontcallmedom commented 7 years ago

WebVR (#13) is paving the way for the Web to be a platform for immersive content. Beyond VR, Augmented and Mixed reality provide probably even more tantalizing opportunities for the Web: mix the Web into our physical environment.

We had a workshop on mobile-based AR back in 2010.

Google recently proposed a WebAR extension to WebVR - see some critic of the approach.

Part of the questions on this topic is how mature the market for AR is: while non-immersive AR (i.e. through a mobile phone, with a 'magic window' approach) is already possible today, the immersive one needs supporting headsets which right now have a high price tag and limited reach - but this is a fast-moving market.

dontcallmedom commented 7 years ago

Some insights on building AR experiences with Web technologies: https://medium.com/@activetheory/ar-experiments-66ba1b4ed931

wseltzer commented 6 years ago

Explainer: https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr/blob/master/explainer.md spec: https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr/

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