Re: Window on World

That was roughly my thinking, too, when I filed this issue: https://github.com/immersive-web/proposals/issues/31


From: Blair MacIntyre <bmacintyre@mozilla.com>
Date: Monday, December 17, 2018 at 11:15 AM
To: "john@gwinner.org" <john@gwinner.org>, Ada Rose Cannon <ada@ada.is>
Cc: "public-immersive-web@w3.org" <public-immersive-web@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Window on World
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Resent-Date: Monday, December 17, 2018 at 11:14 AM

In classic VR research, that tended to be referred to as "Fishtank VR” … was popular when it was the only thing possible (using shutter glasses and a synch’d display, exactly like modern 3D TVs).

The difference with it and what’s been referred to as diorama mode is that the diorama’s are “fish tanks displayed in a full 3D display” (e.g., 6 DOF AR or VR)  vs “a 3D world anchored to a real-world display”. From a programmer viewpoint, it may not matter much;  both would likely be used from a web page with the expectation of the user not being immersed “in” the world.  And both would receive the user head-pose relative to the display/diarama/fishtank, rather than in a separate external 3D coordinate system.

This also feels like what zspace displays would use.




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On Dec 17, 2018, 1:44 PM -0500, Ada Rose Cannon <ada@ada.is>, wrote:

Unless I am misunderstanding you, we've been referring to this mode as diorama mode.

There was some discussion on it at TPAC.

Ada

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 18:37, John D. Gwinner <john@gwinner.org<mailto:john@gwinner.org>> wrote:
Has there been consideration for “Window on World” rendering?

In other words, a flat or curved display screen, with some kind of head/eye tracker, and possibly 3D glasses, that would render as a “window” to a real 3D world behind the monitor?

I tried some searches and got nowhere …

There are at least two head trackers on the market that seem to offer this type of environment, currently just used for games. I didn’t see that any browsers support this.

The reason I’m asking is mainly for Enterprise Data visualization. It would be far more comfortable to work in front of a large screen for hours than wear a headset at work for the same amount of time.

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