JavaScript for Virtual Reality

Explore the emerging world of WebVR in this 36-minute conference talk from JSConf Budapest 2015. Dive into the potential of virtual reality on the web as Liv Erickson discusses the growing support for WebVR, an API enabling VR-enabled websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Learn about existing applications, benefits of WebVR, and how to get started with available tools and libraries for browser-based virtual reality development. Discover the advantages of using JavaScript for VR creation compared to traditional game engines and specialized desktops. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates live examples, including Risk Sketch, Stock City, Visual VR, and Kitten VR. Gain insights into the future of VR as an industry and understand why it's becoming increasingly important. By the end of the talk, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to begin your own WebVR projects and contribute to this rapidly growing field.

Intro
Introduction
Game Engines
WebVR
Query
Web VR
Web VR Demo
Renderer
Scene
VR Manager
Refactoring
Animation
VR Application
Demo
boilerplate code
VR effect
VR examples
Risk Sketch
Stock City
Live Demo
Visual VR
Kitten VR
Why VR
Your Turn
QA