I like using an empty Hyperfy world to validate VRM avatars; it quickly gives you a preview + stats + color code information about performance via drag n drop, and can walk around

It's also social, which I didn't think much of until I saw someone else doing same thing as me

We're a few samples in for the Looking Glass Go packaging ✨ v v v excited to start shipping these out this summer ☀️

We are pleased to announce we are working with Magic Leap to bring our open source multi-window XR browser, built on the new Chromium backend, to a true AR device - Magic Leap 2 - for the first time.

wolvic.com/blog/magicleap/

YAAAY!!!!
We've been waiting for this important for SO Long. Congratulations Good on ya Juan José Sánchez Sergio Villar and team WolvicXR

Adding Theatre.js to a new A-Frame + Luma AI splat + Google Maps 3D Maptiles scene centered at Robin's Cafe showing timeline-based camera animation. View ultra fidelity toy cars up close and then zoom out instantly, or any other automated camera movement you can imagine.

Holy shit, The Escape Artist is nominated for Best Narrative Experience by The Webby Awards

The free Mozilla Hubs servers are shutting down on May 31st.🫡

Hubs team released a migration tool to help get assets to your new Hubs host faster.

Kudos to the team for getting this out on a short timeline and the founding team for making the data portable via web standards🫶

Took a bit longer than 2 weeks but @WonderInteractive managed to get Unreal Engine 5 working on the web.

temple.tiwsamples.com

It took ~5 minutes to load but it was fun 🤓

Combine Google Maps 3d tiles and Luma AI gaussian splat scans via A-Frame / Three.js for high fidelity at tiny scale AND zoomable out to city scale all in the browser.

🙏 🎏Glitch hosting, PlayCanvas splat editing, NYTimes R&D 3dtiles component

maps-and-splats.glitch.me

Emerges from the shadows (with a VR headset on)* crazy past 3 weeks. Managed to birth an entire new genre of video game. Plus nifty share for the WL Engine users tomorrow(and general WebXR community by extension)

Great to see the Three.js' WebXR dragging example working on Vision Pro without any modifications from my side 🥲

Congratulations Niantic 8th Wall Liquid City, Le Polish Bureau,Future House Studios, and Inworld AI for their #MixedReality Try it in your headset browser at meetwol.com

Thanks Looking Glass for supporting our winners with your holographic display.

Meta Quest Browser is rolling out Beta support for Extensions, starting with LastPass for managing passwords:

Sneak peak at a new development: we just finished upgrading the The New York Times OGC 3D Tiles A-Frame component to support Google Maps 3d tiles (thanks Avnerus for the actual hard Three.js work to make this happen)

Here's an example of what it could look like to localize your…

Developing for the web may be hard.

But I'll forever choose that instead of seeing my 'native' software die because I'm not able to recompile it and republish it once a year.

Here's a recording of a panel discussion on XR Ethics from December 10, 2023 featuring all four of the Polys @WebXRAwards Winners of the Ombudsperson of the Year award: Kent Bye (Voices of VR) (2020), Avi Bar-Zeev (2021), Brittan Heller (2022), and Micaela Mantegna #Metaverse ethics architect (2023).
voicesofvr.com/1354-mission-r…

Congrats to Paradowski Creative on sweep of thir categores for The Escape Artist which took home Game, Entertain ment Experience of the Year. jamesckane was there to recieve their poly Looking Glass portrait displays.

Honored to get Innovator of the Year at the The Polys - WebXR Awards for FRAME. My day got derailed w/ the baby, so here's my shpiel:

1. I'm just an avatar for the FRAME team, a skilled + passionate crew.
2. The next year will make the past 3 look like a casual stroll in the park.

E X C I T I N G! Today IS the day!

youtu.be/6v3hFzTl0J4?si…

Hey, are you excited yet?
Today is THE DAY! #ThePolys #WebXRAwards
Julie Smithson Karen Alexander #SophiaMoshasha
Cesium Looking Glass #PlanetXStudios