I'd expect 2D canvas to have worse performance than WebGL. I don't think that's a fair comparison for WebVR. Try out https://aframe.io/a-painter/ https://afram

I'd expect 2D canvas to have worse performance than WebGL. I don't think that's a fair comparison for WebVR. Try out https://aframe.io/a-painter/ https://aframe.io/a-painter/ when you get your Vive in Firefox Nightly and try out the performance. It's native like for me.