Re: We've reached our VR Complete milestone!

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On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:40 AM Brandon Jones <bajones@google.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone!
>
> The last PRs for the "June" (ha ha) milestone were merged at the beginning
> of this week. This means that, according to our project doc
> <https://github.com/immersive-web/administrivia/blob/master/project.md> *we've
> now hit "VR Complete!"*
>
> [Celebratory image removed to appease the mailserver's attachment size
> limits]
>
> Congratulations to the entire Working Group for reaching this important
> milestone, and our sincerest thanks to everyone who has contributed to the
> spec in ways big and small! This has truly been a community effort.
>
> So what exactly does "VR complete" mean and what happens next? At this
> point the portions of the API dealing with core VR functionality
> (essentially: anything needed to replace WebVR) are "locked in". Unless we
> encounter major issues affecting the API's usability or security from this
> point forward we will be doing everything we can to avoid breaking
> backwards compatibility. We want browser vendors to feel secure in
> implementing the API and developers to feel confident that they can start
> creating content with it without the rug being pulled out from under them,
> and that starts *today!*
>
> That doesn't mean we're done, of course! There's still plenty of room for
> improvement in the spec, and we expect that we'll continue to tweak the
> behavior under the hood in ways that don't have major impact on
> applications using it for the sake of consistency, security, and clarity.
> There will be plenty of work to keep us busy right up through TPAC and
> beyond!
>
> Also, please note that in the current editors draft
> <https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr/> there are a couple of sections
> still marked "unstable", specifically the "immersive-ar" mode and the
> "XRRay" interface. These are *not* considered to be part of the VR
> complete stability milestone, since they are AR-focused. We will be
> breaking those out into a separate module over the next couple of weeks to
> allow work to continue on them in parallel while we finish up the "core"
> spec. Also, for the sake of avoiding confusion we'll be waiting until the
> modules split has been completed to cut the next Working Draft.
>
> Thank you again for everyone's support!
>
> --The Immersive Web Leadership Team
>