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It's like the 90s again. - WebVR - VRML - WebGL - DirectAnimation - SVG - VML Now let's just wait for WebMIDI?

• khuey 11y ago
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=webmidi https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=webmidi
• jfoster 11y ago
  Things have changed, though. WebVR is coming into being whilst people are excited about VR headsets that are much more practical and impressive than those in the past. Unlike in the 90s, the headsets are not going to cost thousands of dollars; just a few hundred. WebGL is a standard being implemented by multiple browser vendors, whereas DirectAnimation was (correct me if I'm wrong) something that Microsoft was implementing for IE, partly DirectX-branded, and subject to the distrust of browser vendors and web developers.
• tdicola 11y ago
  They just need to bring the blink tag back.
  • robin_reala 11y ago
    blink { animation: blink 1s steps(1) infinite; } @keyframes blink { 50% { color: transparent; } } Then just use it. It’s non-standard, but I’m sure you don’t mind.
• magicalist 11y ago
  - VRML was a markup language for 3d scenes. Any interaction with VR setups would have to be handled by a VRML client. WebVR is only exposing browser APIs to interact with VR HMDs. - DirectAnimation was a high level API closer to maybe the 2D canvas API; nothing like WebGL, regardless. - SVG is itself from the 90s - The Web MIDI API does not play MIDI files. This is a...lackluster top comment.
  • robin_reala 11y ago
    SVG was released in 2001, and only made it natively into a browser in 2004.
    • magicalist 11y ago
      It depends on what we mean by "from", I guess :) The first working draft was (AFAICT) published February 1999.
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