WebVR - virtual reality in your browsers

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1. WebVR Virtual Reality in your browsers… Carsten Sandtner (@casarock)

2. about:me Carsten Sandtner @casarock Head of Software Development //mediaman GmbH

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5. Short History Of VR

6. View Master ~1939 https://flic.kr/p/hkLi6g

7. Project Headsight 1961

8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISJWZpFIAlQ

9. Sensorama ~1962 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Sensorama-morton-heilig-virtual-reality-headset.jpg

10. „The ultimate display would, of course, be a room within

    which the computer can control the existence of matter. A chair displayed in such a room would be good enough to sit in. Handcuffs displayed in such a room would be confining, and a bullet displayed in such a room would be fatal. With appropriate programming such a display could literally be the Wonderland into which Alice walked.“ —Ivan Sutherland

11. Sega VR 1991

12. Virtua Racer 1992 CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14111884

13. Virtual Boy 1995 https://flic.kr/p/6Vn8WN

14. Pop-Cultural References Tron (1982), Star Trek (1987), Matrix (1999)

15. VR Today

16. Oculus Rift DK1: 2013 DK2: 2014 Consumer Version: 2016 Image

    by Oculus VR, LLC

17. Google Cardboard 2014 By Evan-Amos https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45580283

18. HTC Vive 2016 Image © by HTC Corporation

19. Playstation VR Oct. 2016 Image © by Sony Computer Entertainment

    Inc.

20. Microsoft Hololens More AR, not really VR DevKit: 2016

21. VR In A Nutshell

22. https://twitter.com/guystufff/status/713075541738393600/video/1

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24. Mobile Based Setup https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API/WebVR_concepts

25. Computer Based Setup https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API/WebVR_concepts

26. Sensors https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API/WebVR_concepts

27. Field Of View https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API/WebVR_concepts

28. Concepts For VR Apps https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API/WebVR_concepts

29. Concepts For VR Apps • Eye strain • Motion Sickness

    • Latency • FPS • Degrees of Freedom ( DoF ) • Cone of focus • 3D Positional Audio -> Web Audio API! https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6gaVAxUrXlEFYpWw/giphy.gif

30. What Is WebVR?

31. Disclaimer Currently an Editors Draft! (V1.0 since Sptember, 1st 2016)

    https://mozvr.github.io/webvr-spec/

32. Available APIs • Navigator.getVRDevices • VRDevice/HMDVRDevice • PositionSensorVRDevice • VRPositionState

    • VREyeParameters • VRFieldOfView/VRFieldOfViewReadOnly

33. Get VR Devices navigator.getVRDevices().then(function(devices) { // Handle found Devices here...

    });

34. (HMD) VR Device for (var i = 0; i <

    devices.length; ++i) { if (devices[i] instanceof HMDVRDevice) { gHMD = devices[i]; break; } }

35. Position Sensor // If device found, get Position Sensor. if

    (gHMD) { for (var i = 0; i < devices.length; ++i) { if (devices[i] instanceof PositionSensorVRDevice && devices[i].hardwareUnitId === gHMD.hardwareUnitId) { gPositionSensor = devices[i]; break; } } }

36. Position State var posState = gPositionSensor.getState(); if (posState.hasPosition) { posPara.textContent

    = 'Position: x' + (posState.position.x) + ' y' + (posState.position.y) + ' z' + (posState.position.z); } if (posState.hasOrientation) { orientPara.textContent = 'Orientation: x' + (posState.orientation.x) + ' y' + (posState.orientation.y) + ' z' + (posState.orientation.z); }

37. Eye Parameters if (gHMD.getEyeParameters !== undefined) { var eyeParamsL =

    gHMD.getEyeParameters('left'); var eyeParamsR = gHMD.getEyeParameters('right'); eyeTranslationL = eyeParamsL.eyeTranslation; eyeTranslationR = eyeParamsR.eyeTranslation; eyeFOVL = eyeParamsL.recommendedFieldOfView; eyeFOVR = eyeParamsR.recommendedFieldOfView; } else { ... }

38. Field Of View function setCustomFOV(up, right, down, left) { var

    testFOV = new VRFieldOfView(up, right, down, left); gHMD.setFieldOfView(testFOV, testFOV, 0.01, 10000.0); var lEye = gHMD.getEyeParameters('left'); var rEye = gHMD.getEyeParameters('right'); console.log(lEye.currentFieldOfView); console.log(rEye.currentFieldOfView); }

39. „Learn WebGL And Start Creating VR …“

40. Stereoscopic Rendering in WebGL /* https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/09/stereoscopic-rendering-in-webvr/ */ function update() {

    // ... other stuff happens here ... // left eye gl.viewport(0, 0, canvas.width / 2, canvas.height); mat4.multiply(mvpMatrix, leftEyeProjectionMatrix, leftEyeViewMatrix); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(uniforms.uMVPMatrixLocation, false, mvpMatrix); gl.drawElements(mode, count, type, offset); // right eye gl.viewport(canvas.width / 2, 0, canvas.width / 2, canvas.height); mat4.multiply(mvpMatrix, rightEyeProjectionMatrix, rightEyeViewMatrix); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(uniforms.uMVPMatrixLocation, false, mvpMatrix); gl.drawElements(gl.TRIANGLES, n, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0); requestAnimationFrame(update); }

41. „… or use a Boilerplate or Frameworks!“

42. three.js WebVR Renderer <script src="js/three.min.js"></script> <script src="js/effects/VREffect.js"></script> <script src="js/controls/VRControls.js"></script> <script>

    ... var effect = new THREE.VREffect( renderer ); ... effect.render( scene, camera ); </script>

43. „Don’t reinvent the squared wheel!“

44. WebVR Boilerplate three.js + webVRControls https://github.com/borismus/webvr-boilerplate

45. Mozilla A-Frame Building blocks for the virtual reality web

46. – https://aframe.io/ „Use markup to create VR experiences that work

    across desktop, iOS, Android, and the Oculus Rift.“

47. Hello World <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Hello, World!</title>

    <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/0.2.0/aframe.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <a-scene> <a-box id="mybox" color="#6173F4" width="1" height="1" depth="1" position="1 1 1" rotation="0 0 0" scale="1 1 1"> </a-box> <a-sky color="#bbb"></a-sky> </a-scene> </body> </html>
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49. Animated Box <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>. . .</head> <body> <a-scene>

    <a-box id="mybox" color="#6173F4" width="1" height="1" depth="1" position="1 1 1" rotation="0 0 0" scale="1 1 1"> <a-animation attribute="rotation" repeat="indefinite" to="0 180 0"></a-animation> </a-box> </a-scene> </body> </html>
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51. Pointer <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>. . .</head> <body> <a-scene> <a-box

    id="mybox" color="#6173F4" width="1" height="1" depth="1" position="1 1 1" rotation="0 0 0" scale="1 1 1"> <a-animation attribute="rotation" repeat="indefinite" to="0 180 0"></a-animation> </a-box> <a-camera position="0 0 0"> <a-cursor color="#0000ff"> </a-camera> </a-scene> </body> </html>
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53. Add Events <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>. . .</head> <body> <a-scene>

    <a-box id="mybox" color="#6173F4" width="1" height="1" depth="1" position="1 1 -5" rotation="0 0 0" scale="1 1 1"> <a-animation attribute="rotation" repeat="indefinite" to="0 180 0"></a-animation> <a-event name="mouseenter" color="#ff0000"></a-event> <a-event name="mouseleave" color="#6173F4"></a-event> </a-box> <a-camera position="0 0 0"> <a-cursor color="#0000ff"> </a-camera> <a-sky color="#bbb"></a-sky> </a-scene> </body> </html>

54. Add Events (Pure JS) var box = document.querySelector('#mybox'); box.addEventListener('mouseenter', function

    () { box.setAttribute('material', {color: '#ff0000'}); }); box.addEventListener('mouseleave', function() { box.setAttribute('material', {color: '#6173F4'}); });
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57. Input Devices?

58. Image © 2015 Microsoft

59. Image by Oculus VR, LLC

60. Image © by HTC Corporation

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62. By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18936731

63. By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18936731

64. Why WebVR?

65. –Internet „VR is just for Gaming!“

66. –Internet „Using WebGL is complicated.“

67. Some use cases • Immersive reportages • 3D Handbooks/Instructions •

    Panorama view without stupid plugins • Marketing instrument. (Supplements in magazines)

68. Some great examples

69. http://www.360syria.com/

70. http://vrviewer.istaging.co/#!/684173

71. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/mars/public/

72. https://s3.amazonaws.com/vr-asset-repo/heart_demo_slack.html

73. http://inspirit.unboring.net/

74. http://a-way-to-go.com/

75. Conclusion

76. VR is amazing

77. WebVR is amazing… … but it’s not ready 
 (Editors

    Draft, Browser support) … and has high Hardware Requirements! … HMD Devices are not cheap. 
 (Except: Google Cardboard) … and it’s a pleasure to create content!

78. WebVR is amazing Carsten Sandtner @casarock sandtner@mediaman.de