How can I experience WebXR in IOS?
Ivana Tilca
Lead Manager @ Allata | Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence | Technology Advocate I Speaker I World Traveler
Apple’s iOS Safari browser?lacks WebXR support. Even though Apple has been highly investing in augmented and virtual reality since the introduction of its ARKit API.
The only way to experience WebXR at the moment.
On iOS, WebXR experiences require users to download an app that is similar to a browser, which is called "WebXR Viewer" from Mozilla.
While WebXR support was implemented to Google Chrome for Android in 2018, the feature has yet to be added to iOS. Because WebKit is the only web engine allowed on iOS, developers are unable to create a WebXR-compatible third-party web browser. Apple is far behind its competitors when it comes to open standards for the web.
When will iOS support WebXR?
Apple released iOS 16, and iPadOS 16 systems, and has released the first developer preview Beta.
The Safari browser will support web push notifications, extension synchronization, and more. The public beta will be launched in July.
Moreover, the iOS16 Beta version already supports WebXR. However, the current measurement shows that VR NOT FOUND is still in the state of semi-finished products.
What's next?
As Apple develops its own mixed reality device, the company may finally officially enable the WebXR API in its mobile operating system sometime this year.?
Building AR/VR/AI things for people
1 年Hi Ivana - thanks for the article. I just wanted to highlight I've built a product to enable WebXR on iOS (at least until Apple support it themselves!). You can learn more here: https://launch.variant3d.com/
President of the Academy of Immersive Arts and Sciences, Creator of The Poly Awards, MetaTr@versal, WebXR Summit Series, Speaker, XR Producer, Board Member Metaverse Standards Forum, Co-Founder Ready Player Golf
2 年Finally!
More efficiency through VR ?? and AR??
2 年Wohoo! We cant't wait for the update!
Head of 3D Dev. & Design Area / Senior Realtime 3D Generalist
2 年that is super cool news! thanks!