Re: 3d favicons

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:37 AM James Baicoianu <james_w3c@baicoianu.com>
wrote:

> On 08/17/2018 07:16 PM, Rik Cabanier wrote:
>
> Thanks Nell!
>
> We'll write up a proposal.
> It will mostly build on the existing favicon syntax but will use gltf
> instead of ico. If other people already have an implementation, please let
> us know so we can work on the document together.
>
>
> I remember there being a session at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual
> Reality in 2016 (
> https://www.khronos.org/events/w3c-workshop-on-web-virtual-reality
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.khronos.org_events_w3c-2Dworkshop-2Don-2Dweb-2Dvirtual-2Dreality&d=DwMDaQ&c=0ia8zh_eZtQM1JEjWgVLZg&r=jahSgznxrAL5kPgsRvs7bhKUEd9M5X0d-NE2WJg7VT0&m=XptFk7hpoIFlsUycmeoHjE7k2z-gl5dz2JhyydR5WN8&s=Z3wCSNaV0bPOsp_qf7OlmXkwmVwQ9PvHnF3kbQl40S0&e=>)
> which touched on this.  Might be some interesting info in the video
> archives -
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWf_jxoirI&list=PLo3w8EB99pqIj_XNvNEMAaBtL_jyxSLmz
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3D3vWf-5FjxoirI-26list-3DPLo3w8EB99pqIj-5FXNvNEMAaBtL-5FjyxSLmz&d=DwMDaQ&c=0ia8zh_eZtQM1JEjWgVLZg&r=jahSgznxrAL5kPgsRvs7bhKUEd9M5X0d-NE2WJg7VT0&m=XptFk7hpoIFlsUycmeoHjE7k2z-gl5dz2JhyydR5WN8&s=wgVOe_Wz5kDcUVun_EXOfHkE6PqN4ei1z9SVJBm5ucU&e=>
>
> Samsung introduced a preliminary version of this in Samsung Internet
> Browser, the Skybox API - https://samsunginter.net/docs/skybox
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__samsunginter.net_docs_skybox&d=DwMDaQ&c=0ia8zh_eZtQM1JEjWgVLZg&r=jahSgznxrAL5kPgsRvs7bhKUEd9M5X0d-NE2WJg7VT0&m=XptFk7hpoIFlsUycmeoHjE7k2z-gl5dz2JhyydR5WN8&s=X3iiRJq3l9FGZIxg0bLL38lZVVUTQ2lZF8VcBhRuH60&e=>
> - I remember there being some discussion about a <meta> tag which would let
> you specify it in the HTML, but I'm not sure if that was ever implemented.
>
> I also seem to remember Oculus Browser was working on something to do with
> gltf favicons, I can't find any info on that though.  Looks like Justin
> just replied separately though :)
>
> JanusVR would be interested in any discussion about this standard, we're
> also interested in adding this feature.
>

Great to hear!
We're still working on the spec and it sounds like several people from
Magic Leap will be at the TPAC if we want to discuss it in person.


> Let's say our group comes to an agreement, do we then take it to the HTML
> WG?
>
>
>
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>> *From: *Rik Cabanier <rcabanier@magicleap.com>
>> *Date: *Friday, August 17, 2018 at 3:34 PM
>> *To: *"public-immersive-web@w3.org" <public-immersive-web@w3.org>
>> *Subject: *3d favicons
>> *Resent-From: *<public-immersive-web@w3.org>
>> *Resent-Date: *Friday, August 17, 2018 at 3:32 PM
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>> All,
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>> We're interested in coming up with a standardized way of supporting 3D
>> favicons so a website can have a 2D and a 3D icon.
>>
>> Helio [1] already implemented some support but we want to have a
>> standardized solution that incorporates everyone's input.
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>>
>>
>> Is anyone else interested in pursuing this?
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>>
>> Rik
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>> 1: https://www.magicleap.com/experiences/helio
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