As Anne said, I don't know why you would define a new API rather than enhancing the existing one, other than NIH. But I guess the damage is now done.
On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:48 AM, Blair MacIntyre <bmacint...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Blair MacIntyre <bmacint...@mozilla.com> >> wrote: >>> First, this discussion pertains to FF on Windows, Mac, Android and Linux, I >>> assume? FF for iOS just uses the wkWebView and it’s up to Apple to decide >>> on things like this. Is this correct? >> >> I believe there's some tricks we could pull on iOS in theory. > > Perhaps. But is that part of the discussion? I ask because >> >> >>> From a WebVR perspective, the polyfill (that uses device-orientation) >>> defers to the built in WebVR API if it exists. >> >> So WebVR/XR has its own equivalents for these APIs? I was not aware of >> that. > > No, it’s different: WebVR/XR provide precise 3D orientation and position > (assume 3D position tracking is available) of the display. Typically, that’s > a Head-Worn Display (ie., a Vive or Rift or whatever). Currently, WebVR has > only been implemented only for head-worn displays. The polyfill was used to > fill in the gaps; provide “VR” on those paper “cardboard” display holders, > for example. > > Moving forward, WebXR will include the notion of “Magic Window” displays, > meaning “you’re holding the device in your hands and it tries to give the > appearance of a portal into the virtual or AR world”. So, “tracked 3D > content”. > > For the WebVR/XR api to work, it must provide a super-set of the > device-orientation capabilities to the application. There are separate > discussions about the security aspects of WebVR/XR: it will not be > accessible without permission or user-gesture, as this API is. > > So, it’s not an “equivalent” API, but is rather providing the information > needed to do 3D AR/VR directly, without relying on getting device orientation > from this API. > > >> In that case I'm not entirely sure why we'd also pursue new >> variants separately. > > I’m not sure what this means? > >> >> >> -- >> https://annevankesteren.nl/ > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
