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Replace Unity and Blender with OpenXR, ARCore, and ARKit as similar technologies. They are much better analogs.
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{{short description|Experimental JavaScript API for augumented/virtual reality devices}}
{{short description|Experimental JavaScript API for augmented/virtual reality devices}}
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* [[World Wide Web Consortium#Candidate recommendation (CR)|'''Candidate Recommendation''']] (CR)
* [[World Wide Web Consortium#Candidate recommendation (CR)|'''Candidate Recommendation''']] (CR)
** Device API
** Device API
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* [[World Wide Web Consortium#Working draft (WD)|'''Working Draft''']] (WD)
** Augmented Reality Module
** Augmented Reality Module
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* [[World Wide Web Consortium#Working draft (WD)|'''Working Draft''']] (WD)
** Layers API
** Layers API
** Hand Input Module
** Hand Input Module
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'''WebXR''' Device API is a Web [[application programming interface]] (API)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web APIs {{!}} MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why You Should Be Paying Attention to WebXR |url=https://crosscomm.com/resources/blog/future-webxr |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=CrossComm |language=en}}</ref> that describes support for accessing [[augmented reality]] and [[virtual reality headset|virtual reality devices]], such as the [[HTC Vive]], [[Oculus Rift]], [[Oculus Quest]], [[Google Cardboard]], [[Microsoft HoloLens|HoloLens]], [[Magic Leap]] or [[Open Source Virtual Reality]] (OSVR), in a [[web browser]].<ref name="fundamentals">{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API/Fundamentals|title=Fundamentals of WebXR|access-date=22 December 2021|work=[[MDN Web Docs]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=WebXR Device API |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/Overview.html |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref> The WebXR Device API and related APIs<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Immersive Web Working Group/Community Group |url=https://immersive-web.github.io/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=immersive-web.github.io |language=en-US}}</ref> are standards defined by [[W3C]] groups, the Immersive Web Community Group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Community Group |url=https://www.w3.org/community/immersive-web/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> and Immersive Web Working Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Working Group |url=https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/immersive-web |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WebXR Device API - Web APIs {{!}} MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref> While the Community Group works on the proposals in the incubation period, the Working Group defines the final web specifications to be implemented by the browsers.<ref>{{Citation |title=Immersive Web Community Group Proposals Repo |date=2022-02-21 |url=https://github.com/immersive-web/proposals |publisher=Immersive Web at W3C |access-date=2022-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Community and Business Group Process {{!}} Community and Business Groups |url=https://www.w3.org/community/about/process/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Standards/Participating in a W3C Working Group - MozillaWiki |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Standards/Participating_in_a_W3C_Working_Group |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=wiki.mozilla.org}}</ref>
'''WebXR''' Device API is a Web [[application programming interface]] (API)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web APIs {{!}} MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why You Should Be Paying Attention to WebXR |url=https://crosscomm.com/resources/blog/future-webxr |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=CrossComm |language=en}}</ref> that describes support for accessing [[augmented reality]] and [[virtual reality headset|virtual reality devices]], such as the [[HTC Vive]], [[Oculus Rift]], [[Oculus Quest]], [[Google Cardboard]], [[Microsoft HoloLens|HoloLens]], [[Apple Vision Pro]], [[Magic Leap]] or [[Open Source Virtual Reality]] (OSVR), in a [[web browser]].<ref name="fundamentals">{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API/Fundamentals|title=Fundamentals of WebXR|access-date=22 December 2021|work=[[MDN Web Docs]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=WebXR Device API |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/Overview.html |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref> The WebXR Device API and related APIs<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Immersive Web Working Group/Community Group |url=https://immersive-web.github.io/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=immersive-web.github.io |language=en-US}}</ref> are standards defined by [[W3C]] groups, the Immersive Web Community Group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Community Group |url=https://www.w3.org/community/immersive-web/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org |date=22 March 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> and Immersive Web Working Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Working Group |url=https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/immersive-web |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WebXR Device API - Web APIs {{!}} MDN |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref> While the Community Group works on the proposals in the incubation period, the Working Group defines the final web specifications to be implemented by the browsers.<ref>{{Citation |title=Immersive Web Community Group Proposals Repo |date=2022-02-21 |url=https://github.com/immersive-web/proposals |publisher=Immersive Web at W3C |access-date=2022-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Community and Business Group Process {{!}} Community and Business Groups |url=https://www.w3.org/community/about/process/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Standards/Participating in a W3C Working Group - MozillaWiki |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Standards/Participating_in_a_W3C_Working_Group |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=wiki.mozilla.org}}</ref>


'''WebVR''' was an experimental Web API that was only capable of representing virtual reality and was superseded by WebXR.<ref name="blog.mozilla.org">{{cite web|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/10/20/bringing-mixed-reality-web/|title=Bringing Mixed Reality to the Web – The Mozilla Blog|website=The Mozilla Blog|author-last=Vrignaud|author-first=Andre|date=October 20, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name="developers.google.com">{{cite web|url=https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/welcome-to-immersive|title=Welcome to the immersive web|website=Google Developers|author-first=Joseph|author-last=Medley|date=May 2018|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = WebVR API|url = https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API|website = [[MDN Web Docs]]|access-date = 2015-11-04}}</ref>
'''WebVR''' was an experimental Web API that was only capable of representing virtual reality and was superseded by WebXR.<ref name="blog.mozilla.org">{{cite web|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/10/20/bringing-mixed-reality-web/|title=Bringing Mixed Reality to the Web – The Mozilla Blog|website=The Mozilla Blog|author-last=Vrignaud|author-first=Andre|date=October 20, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name="developers.google.com">{{cite web|url=https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/welcome-to-immersive|title=Welcome to the immersive web|website=Google Developers|author-first=Joseph|author-last=Medley|date=May 2018|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = WebVR API|url = https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API|website = [[MDN Web Docs]]|access-date = 2015-11-04}}</ref>
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WebVR API was first conceived in spring 2014 by [[Vladimir Vukićević]] from [[Mozilla]]. The API's contributors include Brandon Jones(Google), Boris Smus and others from the Mozilla team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-28 |title=WebVR Deprecated Specification |url=https://immersive-web.github.io/webvr/spec/1.1/ |website=W3C webvr}}</ref> On March 1, 2016, the Mozilla VR team and the [[Google Chrome]] team announced the version 1.0 release of the WebVR API proposal. The resulting API refactoring brought many improvements to WebVR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/03/introducing-the-webvr-1-0-api-proposal/|title=Introducing the WebVR 1.0 API Proposal|website=Mozilla Hacks|author-first=Casey|author-last=Yee|date=March 1, 2016|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
WebVR API was first conceived in spring 2014 by [[Vladimir Vukićević]] from [[Mozilla]]. The API's contributors include Brandon Jones(Google), Boris Smus and others from the Mozilla team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-28 |title=WebVR Deprecated Specification |url=https://immersive-web.github.io/webvr/spec/1.1/ |website=W3C webvr}}</ref> On March 1, 2016, the Mozilla VR team and the [[Google Chrome]] team announced the version 1.0 release of the WebVR API proposal. The resulting API refactoring brought many improvements to WebVR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/03/introducing-the-webvr-1-0-api-proposal/|title=Introducing the WebVR 1.0 API Proposal|website=Mozilla Hacks|author-first=Casey|author-last=Yee|date=March 1, 2016|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>


The latest WebXR Device API [[World Wide Web Consortium|Working Draft]] was last published in February 2022.<ref name=":0" /> The editors of the specification currently are from [[Google]] and [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]. Other members from [[Mozilla]], [[Microsoft]], [[Samsung Electronics]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], as well as varies startups and invited experts have input in the future of the specification.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Working Group - Participants |url=https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/immersive-web/participants |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref> All of the discussions of the specifications are public on GitHub.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web at W3C |url=https://github.com/immersive-web |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>
The latest WebXR Device API [[World Wide Web Consortium|Working Draft]] was last published in February 2022.<ref name=":0" /> The editors of the specification currently are from [[Google]] and [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]. Other members from [[Mozilla]], [[Microsoft]], [[Samsung Electronics]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], as well as various startups and invited experts have input in the future of the specification.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web Working Group - Participants |url=https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/immersive-web/participants |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=www.w3.org}}</ref> All of the discussions of the specifications are public on GitHub.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immersive Web at W3C |url=https://github.com/immersive-web |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>


In 2018, the WebXR Device API superseded WebVR, being designed for both augmented reality, virtual reality devices and the possible future realities and devices.<ref name="blog.mozilla.org"/><ref name="developers.google.com"/><ref name="WebXR Device API Explained"/> WebVR was implemented in Firefox and Chromium-based browsers before being deprecated and removed. On September 24, 2018, the Immersive Web Working Group became official.<ref name="immersive-web-wg-history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/2018/09/immersive-web-wg-charter.html|title=Immersive Web Working Group Charter|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref>
In 2018, the WebXR Device API superseded WebVR, being designed for both augmented reality, virtual reality devices and the possible future realities and devices.<ref name="blog.mozilla.org"/><ref name="developers.google.com"/><ref name="WebXR Device API Explained"/> WebVR was implemented in Firefox and Chromium-based browsers before being deprecated and removed. On September 24, 2018, the Immersive Web Working Group became official.<ref name="immersive-web-wg-history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/2018/09/immersive-web-wg-charter.html|title=Immersive Web Working Group Charter|access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref>
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== Support ==
== Support ==
[https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/ WebXR Device API] (Candidate Recommendation) is currently supported in the stable versions of Edge and Chrome 79+, Chrome for Android 79+, Opera 66+, Opera Mobile 64+, Samsung Internet 12+, and Oculus Browser.<ref>{{Cite web |title="webxr" {{!}} Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc |url=https://caniuse.com/?search=webxr |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=caniuse.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Oculus Browser {{!}} Oculus Developers |url=https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/web/browser-intro/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.oculus.com}}</ref>
WebXR Device API<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/ |title=WebXR Device API |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=[[W3C]]}}</ref> (Candidate Recommendation Draft) is currently supported in the stable versions of Edge and Chrome 79+, Chrome for Android 79+, Opera 66+, Opera Mobile 64+, Samsung Internet 12+, and Oculus Browser.<ref>{{Cite web |title="webxr" {{!}} Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc |url=https://caniuse.com/?search=webxr |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=caniuse.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Oculus Browser {{!}} Oculus Developers |url=https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/web/browser-intro/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=developer.oculus.com}}</ref> WebXR is supported in [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] for visionOS on the [[Apple Vision Pro]] mixed reality headset.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Safari for spatial computing |url=https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10279/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=developer.apple.com}}</ref>


== Similar technologies ==
== Similar technologies ==
Although WebXR is unique as an API, it has similarities to native APIs in the same space such as [[OpenXR]], [[ARCore]], and [[ARKit]].
Although WebXR is unique as an API, there are native applications on most hardware allowing for networked experiences and access to web content. Several key tools, such as [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]] and [[Blender (software)|Blender]], are also able to export for the web and provide users a way to use their content without installing a dedicated application.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API/Fundamentals Fundamentals of WebXR] on [[MDN Web Docs]]
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebXR_Device_API/Fundamentals Fundamentals of WebXR] on [[MDN Web Docs]]
* [https://www.news.viverse.com/post/webxr-how-to-bring-virtual-reality-to-any-device WebXR: How to Bring Virtual Reality to Any Device]


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WebXR
WebXR Device API
AbbreviationWebXR
Status
  • Candidate Recommendation (CR)
    • Device API
    • Augmented Reality Module
  • Working Draft (WD)
    • Layers API
    • Hand Input Module
    • Gamepads Module
  • First Public Working Draft (FPWD)
    • Lighting Estimation API
    • Hit Test Module
    • DOM Overlays Module
    • Depth Sensing Module
  • Editor's Draft (ED)
    • Anchors Module
OrganizationW3C
Committee
  • Immersive Web Community Group
  • Immersive Web Working Group
Editors
  • Rik Cabanier
  • Manish Goregaokar
  • Brandon Jones
  • Nell Waliczek
Base standards
Domain
Websiteimmersive-web.github.io

WebXR Device API is a Web application programming interface (API)[1][2] that describes support for accessing augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Google Cardboard, HoloLens, Apple Vision Pro, Magic Leap or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.[3][4] The WebXR Device API and related APIs[5] are standards defined by W3C groups, the Immersive Web Community Group[6] and Immersive Web Working Group.[7][8] While the Community Group works on the proposals in the incubation period, the Working Group defines the final web specifications to be implemented by the browsers.[9][10][11]

WebVR was an experimental Web API that was only capable of representing virtual reality and was superseded by WebXR.[12][13][14]

History

WebVR API was first conceived in spring 2014 by Vladimir Vukićević from Mozilla. The API's contributors include Brandon Jones(Google), Boris Smus and others from the Mozilla team.[15] On March 1, 2016, the Mozilla VR team and the Google Chrome team announced the version 1.0 release of the WebVR API proposal. The resulting API refactoring brought many improvements to WebVR.[16]

The latest WebXR Device API Working Draft was last published in February 2022.[4] The editors of the specification currently are from Google and Meta. Other members from Mozilla, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics and Apple, as well as various startups and invited experts have input in the future of the specification.[17] All of the discussions of the specifications are public on GitHub.[18]

In 2018, the WebXR Device API superseded WebVR, being designed for both augmented reality, virtual reality devices and the possible future realities and devices.[12][13][19] WebVR was implemented in Firefox and Chromium-based browsers before being deprecated and removed. On September 24, 2018, the Immersive Web Working Group became official.[20]

Design

The WebXR Device API exposes a few new interfaces (such as XRView,[19] XRPose[21]) that allow web applications to present content in virtual reality and augmented reality, by using WebGL with the necessary camera settings and device interactions (such as controllers or point of view).

Support

WebXR Device API[22] (Candidate Recommendation Draft) is currently supported in the stable versions of Edge and Chrome 79+, Chrome for Android 79+, Opera 66+, Opera Mobile 64+, Samsung Internet 12+, and Oculus Browser.[23][24] WebXR is supported in Safari for visionOS on the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset.[25]

Similar technologies

Although WebXR is unique as an API, it has similarities to native APIs in the same space such as OpenXR, ARCore, and ARKit.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Web APIs | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. ^ "Why You Should Be Paying Attention to WebXR". CrossComm. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  3. ^ "Fundamentals of WebXR". MDN Web Docs. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "WebXR Device API". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. ^ "The Immersive Web Working Group/Community Group". immersive-web.github.io. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  6. ^ "Immersive Web Community Group". www.w3.org. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. ^ "Immersive Web Working Group". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  8. ^ "WebXR Device API - Web APIs | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  9. ^ Immersive Web Community Group Proposals Repo, Immersive Web at W3C, 2022-02-21, retrieved 2022-03-01
  10. ^ "Community and Business Group Process | Community and Business Groups". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  11. ^ "Standards/Participating in a W3C Working Group - MozillaWiki". wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  12. ^ a b Vrignaud, Andre (October 20, 2017). "Bringing Mixed Reality to the Web – The Mozilla Blog". The Mozilla Blog. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Medley, Joseph (May 2018). "Welcome to the immersive web". Google Developers. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "WebVR API". MDN Web Docs. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  15. ^ "WebVR Deprecated Specification". W3C webvr. 2022-02-28.
  16. ^ Yee, Casey (March 1, 2016). "Introducing the WebVR 1.0 API Proposal". Mozilla Hacks. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  17. ^ "Immersive Web Working Group - Participants". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  18. ^ "Immersive Web at W3C". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  19. ^ a b "WebXR Device API". immersive-web.github.io. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  20. ^ "Immersive Web Working Group Charter". Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  21. ^ "WebXR Device API". immersive-web.github.io. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  22. ^ "WebXR Device API". W3C. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  23. ^ ""webxr" | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc". caniuse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  24. ^ "Introduction to Oculus Browser | Oculus Developers". developer.oculus.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  25. ^ "Meet Safari for spatial computing". developer.apple.com. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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