WebVR/AR today and tomorrow

WebVR/AR today and tomorrow by drupalcon on Scribd

Virtual Reality — once the stuff of Science Fiction — is available for anyone with a smartphone and a bit of folded cardboard. If that doesn't blow your mind: how about VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) in the browser!

The underlying technologies are in place, the high-level tools are maturing and you'll be impressed at the depth and breadth of what you can do with VR/AR in a web browser. We'll go over a bit of the history, and look at the future of VR in the browser. We'll dive into success stories from the world at large and in our own projects and experiments. Finally, we'll show everyone how easy it is to get started creating VR and AR experiences today with just a few lines of JavaScript.

Topics We will Cover:

• Demos of AR and VR in the browser from the web at large, our own client projects, and internal experiments.
• A survey of what AR and VR capabilities are available today for desktops and on smartphones
• A review of what this all means for Drupal: What modules are available and how we built a VR editing tool using React and Drupal 8.
• An intro to what the underlying technologies and tools are available
• What are the current limitations and when to expect them to improve. 
•  We'll end with a quick tutorial that will make it possible for everyone attending to create a VR demo right there in the session.