Happy birth day! AR now runs in all the major web browsers

While I'm busy writing up the notes from our web-based AR workshop at 
the Web3D event I thought I'd share an update on another major 
development. This week at WWDC, Apple announced support for WebRTC on 
iOS Safari!

This makes June 2017 a very exciting time in the web. It’s been a long 
time coming (see our presentation from Seoul 2010 
<https://www.slideshare.net/robman/patterns-of-interest-iswar-seoul-2010/19>), 
and today we are watching the birth of a new industry as the last big 
browser joins the fold.

All of the web standards required for AR on the web have been available 
for some time now, yet they have not been consistently accessible while 
Apple’s iOS left a gaping hole in the web platform. But as of June 6th 
2017 this changed. This announcement means we can now access the iPhone 
and iPad camera in Safari using open web standards. This brings 
“video-see-thru” AR in the browser to another Billion plus devices.

However, it's worth looking at this great slide from Mary Meeker's 
recent presentation 
<https://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/internet-trends-2017-report/7> 
to see exactly what share of this changing market they really represent.

Here's a longer post on this update 
<https://medium.com/@robman/happy-birth-day-ar-now-runs-in-all-the-major-web-browsers-a40c41e8653e> 
that I've shared on Medium.

More updates coming soon...

Rob Manson
CEO & co-founder

https://awe.media
Mixed Reality. In the web. On any device.