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Maybe get 2D right before dabbling with VR? Firefox still does not support hardware encoding of videos on Linux. So when I watch Youtube videos my CPU usage goes through the roof and I cannot watch HD. xkcd even made a comic about it: https://xkcd.com/619/
Maybe get 2D right before dabbling with VR? Firefox still does not support hardware encoding of videos on Linux. So when I watch Youtube videos my CPU usage goes through the roof and I cannot watch HD. xkcd even made a comic about it: https://xkcd.com/619/
Just in time for the death of VR. In any case, why does the browser need to be VR aware? This is a job that should be left to the host OS or WM, not every client application.
VR is a new kind of media you will be able to embed in a web page. Like video or sound. Browsers have to be able to render it.
The main problem with web browsing in VR is it's way too low resolution to read text and you can't see your hands so you have to type everything in with that remote character by bloody freaking character. But I guess, if you want to browse the web in VR you might as well do it in Firefox.
Sorry to be dense, but why would one want do to web browsing in VR at all? It's all built on a metaphor of flat sheets of paper, so it's paradigmatically 2D.
The main problem with web browsing in VR is it's way too low resolution to read text and you can't see your hands so you have to type everything in with that remote character by bloody freaking character. But I guess, if you want to browse the web in VR you might as well do it in Firefox.
Sorry to be dense, but why would one want do to web browsing in VR at all? It's all built on a metaphor of flat sheets of paper, so it's paradigmatically 2D.
A straw, maybe?
Vuplex VR Browser (f.k.a. Viewport) for iOS and Android is also worth checking out: https://vuplex.com It lets you create multiple windows and position / resize them.
Cool, another good-looking experiment that Mozilla will phase out a few months after I start depending on it. If I had a Euro for every time I started using a Mozilla project that got cancelled...
That might be a big drawback of the very experimental release and fail method of development. You eventually start loosing trust in an organization that keeps giving you things, you make the effort to get used to them and then it takes them away. I'm sure the learning they get from it is very valuable, but you just spend a bunch time and energy and got nothing in the end.
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Sorry to be dense, but why would one want do to web browsing in VR at all? It's all built on a metaphor of flat sheets of paper, so it's paradigmatically 2D.
I want to be working in VR. Once the resolution gets decent enough I can just get 20 screens wherever I look. Plus I can sit, stand, whatever. Sounds fantastic. Coffee might get a bit cumbersome though. A straw, maybe?
Cool, another good-looking experiment that Mozilla will phase out a few months after I start depending on it. If I had a Euro for every time I started using a Mozilla project that got cancelled...
Hear hear. That might be a big drawback of the very experimental release and fail method of development. You eventually start loosing trust in an organization that keeps giving you things, you make the effort to get used to them and then it takes them away. I'm sure the learning they get from it is very valuable, but you just spend a bunch time and energy and got nothing in the end.