-WebXR and future of DCL clients
-Requester: Morph
-Category: Roadmap
-Introduction: As we move forward on VR builds, it seems that we would benefit from a client that is interoperable and can be enabled on any device. Because of this, it seems WebXR is the lowest friction method to jump into a VR app, with no installs, it requires simply clicking a button in the device’s browser to open VR mode.
-General questions:
Is there plans to one day in the future return to the browser as a core platform, given that browser technology (three.js/WebGPU/WebXR) has been greatly improved in recent years.
Please note, hyperfy core devs have expressed interest in potential collabs to enable further interoperability and build a three.js webXR Decentraland client should additional resources by required - this could even be funded by DAO but requires foundation planning/support.
-Specific questions:
- Does the foundation see value in WebXR and its native interop on all devices? (no need to launch separate builds for apple/meta/others)
- Does the foundation still believe in the browser long term, even if not at this time? (Especially in regards to WebGPU future roadmap).
- Is the foundation working on a full body tracking network module? (Similar to the other networking modules/player movement available).
-Supporting documentation:
https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/renderers/webxr/WebXRManager
https://threejs.org/examples/webgpu_compute.html