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 th

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.