<s>
WebXR	B-General_Concept
Device	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
application	I-Application
programming	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
that	O
describes	O
support	O
for	O
accessing	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
and	O
virtual	B-Device
reality	I-Device
devices	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
,	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
,	O
Oculus	O
Quest	O
,	O
Google	B-Device
Cardboard	I-Device
,	O
HoloLens	B-General_Concept
,	O
Magic	B-General_Concept
Leap	I-General_Concept
or	O
Open	B-Device
Source	I-Device
Virtual	I-Device
Reality	I-Device
(	O
OSVR	B-Device
)	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
Device	O
API	B-General_Concept
and	O
related	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
are	O
standards	O
defined	O
by	O
W3C	O
groups	O
,	O
the	O
Immersive	O
Web	O
Community	O
Group	O
and	O
Immersive	O
Web	O
Working	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Community	O
Group	O
works	O
on	O
the	O
proposals	O
in	O
the	O
incubation	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
Working	O
Group	O
defines	O
the	O
final	O
web	O
specifications	O
to	O
be	O
implemented	O
by	O
the	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebVR	O
was	O
an	O
experimental	O
Web	B-General_Concept
API	I-General_Concept
that	O
was	O
only	O
capable	O
of	O
representing	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
and	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebVR	O
API	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
conceived	O
in	O
spring	O
2014	O
by	O
Vladimir	O
Vukićević	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	B-General_Concept
's	O
contributors	O
include	O
Brandon	O
Jones(Google )	O
,	O
Boris	O
Smus	O
and	O
others	O
from	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
VR	O
team	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Chrome	B-Application
team	O
announced	O
the	O
version	O
1.0	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
WebVR	O
API	B-General_Concept
proposal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
API	B-General_Concept
refactoring	O
brought	O
many	O
improvements	O
to	O
WebVR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
Device	O
API	B-General_Concept
Working	O
Draft	O
was	O
last	O
published	O
in	O
February	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
the	O
specification	O
currently	O
are	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Meta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
members	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Apple	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
varies	O
startups	O
and	O
invited	O
experts	O
have	O
input	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
Device	O
API	B-General_Concept
superseded	O
WebVR	O
,	O
being	O
designed	O
for	O
both	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
,	O
virtual	B-Device
reality	I-Device
devices	I-Device
and	O
the	O
possible	O
future	O
realities	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebVR	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
Firefox	O
and	O
Chromium-based	O
browsers	B-Application
before	O
being	O
deprecated	O
and	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
Device	O
API	B-General_Concept
exposes	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
interfaces	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
XRView	O
,	O
XRPose	O
)	O
that	O
allow	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
present	O
content	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
and	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
,	O
by	O
using	O
WebGL	B-Library
with	O
the	O
necessary	O
camera	O
settings	O
and	O
device	O
interactions	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
controllers	O
or	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Working	O
Draft	O
)	O
is	O
currently	O
partially	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
version	O
of	O
Edge	O
and	O
Chrome	B-Application
79+	O
and	O
was	O
supported	O
by	O
Chrome	B-Application
for	O
Android	O
until	O
version	O
98+	O
,	O
Opera	O
66+	O
,	O
Opera	O
Mobile	O
64+	O
and	O
in	O
Samsung	O
Internet	O
12+	O
Oculus	O
Browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
WebXR	B-General_Concept
is	O
unique	O
as	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
there	O
are	O
native	O
applications	O
on	O
most	O
hardware	O
allowing	O
for	O
networked	O
experiences	O
and	O
access	O
to	O
web	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
key	O
tools	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Unity	B-Application
and	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
are	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
export	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
and	O
provide	O
users	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
content	O
without	O
installing	O
a	O
dedicated	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
