[Diego Gonzalez and Peter O'Shaughnessy] Physical and Immersed

Content level: Intermediate

In this presentation, we will combine WebXR with Web Bluetooth in order to create an experience that transcends both worlds allowing the interaction of a user in VR with a user in the real world.

Speakers:
Diego Gonzalez --- Samsung Internet / United Kingdom
Peter O'Shaughnessy --- Samsung Internet / United Kingdom

Transcript

1. Physical and Immersed WebXR and Web Bluetooth Peter O’Shaughnessy + Diego González +
2. @samsunginternet Здрастуйте Peter @poshaughnessy Diego @diekus
3. • Chromium Based • Evergreen browser • Android L +
4. Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide 54.95% 17.27% 13.38% 5.09%
5. The Physical and Digital worlds are merging
6. Virtual Reality
8. VR is out of the Hype Cycle -John Root
9. bit.ly/xr-not-just-games
10. “Just about every vehicle you've occupied in the last two decades was prototyped in VR” Jaron Lanier
11. “Walmart is putting 17,000 VR headsets in its stores for training” The Verge
12. Augmented & Mixed Reality
13. Headset-based Mobile-based Hololens Magic Leap North Star ARKit (iOS) ARCore (Android)
14. ARCore and ARKit • Positional tracking • Surface detection • Light estimation • Object detection (ARKit 2) • Persistent & shareable (ARKit 2)
17. VR + AR + MR = XR
18. Internet of Things
19. 10 million Bluetooth enabled devices shipping every day ABI Research
20. Smart Everything
21. Your smartphone is becoming a remote control for the real world
22. XR + IoT
23. XR can help us understand our “big data” bit.ly/xr-big-data
24. “VR is amazing at conveying complexity with lucidity” Jaron Lanier
25. bit.ly/artik-bridge
26. VR Tranquilitie bit.ly/vr-tranq
27. AR can enhance the real world with key data and controls in realtime
29. What about the web?
30. The web is the most wide-reaching platform
31. Web tech is familiar HTML JavaScript CSS 69.8% 68.5% 65.1% Top 3 most popular technologies – Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018
32. The web lets you dive right in Source: https://www.blog.google/products/google-ar-vr/augmented-reality-web-everyone/
33. Progressive Enhancement
34. web This specification describes support for accessing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices, including sensors and head-mounted displays, on the Web XR
35. New Browsers Desktop browsers Mobile browsers XR browsers
36. New Browsers
37. New Workflows
38. New Workflows
39. New Axis
40. @BilyanaVacheva New Axis
41. Dance Tonite LCD SoundSystem / Google A-Painter Mozilla Toyota Australia Dr. Who Time Travel BBC / goodboy Ford Expedition WebVR is already here
42. WebVR browser support
43. WebAR is coming. We can experiment now.
44. Camera access since ~2012 (getUserMedia)
45. “We’re going from computers with cameras… to computers with eyes, that can see” Benedict Evans
46. AR.js
47. What about ARCore / ARKit for the web?
48. • three.ar.js from Google • three.xr.js from Mozilla • aframe-xr from Mozilla *
49. What about the web and IoT?
50. Web of Things
51. Project Things from Mozilla iot.mozilla.org
52. Web Bluetooth
53. web The first version of this specification allows web pages, running on a UA in the Central role, to connect to GATT Servers over either a BR/EDR or LE connection. Bluetooth
54. Requires user action & HTTPS
55. Web Bluetooth browser support Android, Mac, Windows (Chrome Beta), Chrome OS, Linux* *bit.ly/web-bluetooth-support
57. bit.ly/hedgehog-vr
58. Demo time Nordic Thingy:52
59. @samsunginternet Дякую Peter @poshaughnessy Diego @diekus