WebVR
Couple of days ago following my initial experience with Paint Arena Windows Mixed Reality App, I searched for a more versatile VR painting app. I came across https://aframe.io/a-painter. But when I entered VR mode (essentially full-screen mode in the Chrome Browser) I could not be immersed in the painting application. I was disappointed and after some searching came across https://blog.mozvr.com/a-painter/ which taught me that I needed to enable WebVR in Chrome. I did it but still disappointment. Weekend was over and I gave up on it.
But today while watching a video from 2017 Google I/O VR talks, WebVR was mentioned and then for the next one hour, I researched into WebVR.
https://webvr.info and https://webvr.rocks
Very nice resources to check browser support for WebVR and compatibility with VR headsets.Thanks to the above links I learned that a-painter works in Microsoft Edge Browser with the HP Mixed Reality Headset!! Within 10 minutes I created the following masterpiece. (I was able to save the painting and view and navigate it in 3D even without a HMD!)
https://aframe.io/a-painter/?url=https://ucarecdn.com/f32b37b0-7d66-4069-a1b7-b82ed390304b/
After more research it dawned upon me that WebVR is being actively developed, evangelized and marketed by various big companies.
A-Painter is also an open source project! https://github.com/aframevr/a-painter
Mozilla
- https://vr.mozilla.org
- https://blog.mozvr.com
- https://blog.mozvr.com/webvr-using-unity
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API
Microsoft
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webvr
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webvr/webvr_all_the_things
References
- https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/hacking-maker/7-incredible-tools-that-let-you-paint-sculpt-in-vr
- https://medium.com/@tombalou/webvr-dive-into-virtual-reality-from-your-browser-49ccf3521abb
- https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/hacking-maker/national-theatre-experiments-with-set-design-in-vr
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtual-reality
Today morning I stepped into A-Painter and created a painting consisting of all strokes from each brush in the toolbox. You can view it at the link below.
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