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WebVRThe next frontier
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Привет москва!
I’m Martin from Zürich, Switzerland.
Software Engineer
@ Archilogic
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What we’ll cover
● Making 3D things on the web● What is WebVR?● WebVR 101● What are the challenges?
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Making 3D things on the web
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WebGL
● Using a <canvas> element and WebGL● Libraries such as Three.js, Babylon, …
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Three.js
Canvas + Renderer Camera Scene
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Three.js
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer(),
scene = new THREE.Scene(),
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(...),
box = new THREE.Mesh(...)
scene.add(box)
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Three.js
function update() {
box.rotation.y += Math.PI / 100
renderer.render(scene, camera)
requestAnimationFrame(update)
}
requestAnimationFrame(update)
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VR
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VR - what’s it good for?
● Maps / Navigation● Education / Research● Healthcare● Entertainment / Journalism● Marketing
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VR Hardware
● Oculus Rift● GearVR● HTC Vive● Google Cardboard● OSVR● ...etc...
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It is a fragmented ecosystem
● Capabilities● Applications
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Devices & Capabilities
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Oculus Rift HTC Vive Gear VR Cardboard
Position tracking
Roomscale tracking
Controls 2x 2x Touchpad ButtonMobile
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What is WebVR?
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Creating should be for everyone
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Why WebVR?
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WebVR...
...will work on all devices with a browser
...will allow to respond to the capabilities
...will make sharing & discovery easier
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How does it work?
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What’s the VR web gonna be?
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Open Questions & Challenges
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Input
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The obvious choices may not be the best...
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Using gaze or “ray input”
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UI
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We need to rethink common UI patterns
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A few ideas for input hardware
● Gamepad● LEAPMotion● Myo● Microsoft Kinect● Intel RealSense
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Navigation / Locomotion
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How do we move in VR?
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Source: @walaber [this tweet]
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Try it out!
● A-Frame● jonathanzwhite.github.io/vrlist● webvr.info
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One more thing...
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“If the computer is the bicycle for our mind,
then VR is the teleporter.”
- Martin Splitt
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спасибо!
Slides: bit.ly/holyjs-webvr
Web: 3dify.archilogic.com
Twitter: @g33konaut
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