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WebVR: The Next Frontier

WebVR: The Next Frontier

As new virtual reality headsets are quickly becoming available to the consumer, WebVR is opening up new frontiers of interaction for the web. Beyond gaming and entertainment, WebVR is creating whole new classes of immersive applications for the Web Platform in communication, education, shopping, and more. Let’s see how easy it is to get started developing for virtual reality in a browser by building a virtual reality experience using A-Frame, React, an Oculus Rift, and a Leap Motion controller.

Andrew Cassell

September 16, 2016
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    andrewcassell.com
    WebVR:

    The Next Frontier

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  14. VR Devices

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  17. Graz University of Technology
    Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization

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  18. freesoftwaremagazine.com

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  22. Augmented
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  27. Frozen Sing-Along
    https://github.com/cassell/frozen-web-
    augmented-reality-demo

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  30. Frozen Sing-Along
    https://github.com/cassell/frozen-web-
    augmented-reality-demo

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  32. Virtual
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  34. Gaming

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  36. Business

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  37. Shopping Real Estate
    Education Medical

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  38. https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/virtual-reality-industry-report/

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  45. Virtual
    Reality
    Business
    Gaming &
    Entertainment

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  46. WebVR

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  51. http://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/

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  52. WebVR

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  53. WebVR
    No Installs
    Many Devices
    No Vendor Lock-in
    Many Browsers

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  54. mozvr.com

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  55. WebVR
    Breaking Changes
    Frame Rate
    Motion Sickness
    Mainstream Support

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  57. DEAL WITH IT

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  61. aframe.io

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  62. A-Frame
    VR + Mobile + Desktop
    Entity Component System
    Uses three.js and WebGL
    Open Source
    Animations
    Events

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  63. IF YOU CAN WRITE HTML
    YOU CAN DEVELOP FOR VIRTUAL REALITY

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  79. https://github.com/cassell/webvr-soccer-stadium-multiplex

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  81. https://github.com/cassell/webvr-soccer-stadium-multiplex

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  88. http://facebook.github.io/react

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  89. https://github.com/cassell/aframe-react-leapmotion-slot-machine

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  98. https://github.com/cassell/aframe-react-leapmotion-slot-machine

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  99. The Walking Dead

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  100. https://github.com/cassell/aframe-react-leapmotion-slot-machine

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  101. aframe.io

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  102. A-Frame
    v0.3.0

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  110. Device
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  113. https://amzn.com/B01770MBN4

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  115. We always overestimate the
    change that will occur in the
    next two years and
    underestimate the change
    that will occur in the next ten.
    Don't let yourself be lulled
    into inaction.

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  117. Thank You!
    @alc277
    andrewcassell.com

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