Nice review of work foward mixed reality (XR) (which would include virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)) in 2017 as well as discussion of "a draft WebXR API proposal for providing access to both augmented and virtual reality devices." Here's the review (quoted):
- Mozilla shipped the WebVR API in Firefox
- Oculus browser and Samsung Internet shipped WebVR for Gear VR
- Microsoft is shipping WebVR in Edge
- VR frameworks A-Frame and ReactVR gained massive popularity
- A wide variety of tools such as PlayCanvas, Vizor, WebVR Studio, and Sketchfab launched to address the growing AR/VR development community
It's a busy time in the community for a technology that might be finally reaching it's potential. I'm sure developers and marketers will be careful not to over-hype. Even in a field which benefits directly from it like e-learning the applications are limited to specific cases.
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