🍿 Metachromium is out on Steam 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/685110/Met…
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[release rant thread]
What is Metachromium?!
It's a fork of the Chromium browser (Chrome). Except it runs #WebXR content in a #SteamVR layer.
Literally any #WebXR, except it doesn't take over the scene. Content is composited (blended) together between the base reality and WebXR.
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How does it compare to #AardvarkXR?
Philosophically aligned! But Metachromium is just #WebXR. There's no fancy gadget API.
(btw @joeludwig is awesome and I'm sure we'll continue to cross-pollinate these projects)
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Why?
You should be able to control what you see. You should be able to pull out a Game Boy, a phone, an avatar, wherever you are.
That's impossible in every XR system today. Metachromium lets you run any WebXR content anywhere.
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(Aside: Metachromium WebXR works on Steam. Chromium WebXR still doesn't, it's cray!)
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Really, why
Because the community and I needed it to exist for our app ideas. We're releasing it now because We can't bear the thought of Facebook Connect tomorry.
And because better folks than I kicked my ass to make sure Metachromium gets out. They deserve it.
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Where's it going?
The #DarkBooth QR code ARG we ran in #VKet4 was a taste of the new breed of art that happens when we augment virtual reality.
#Metachromium is often used with #Exokit Avatars to capture #WebXR #VRM in worlds that don't support them.
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And, the upcming AR-in-VR apps folks are posting are blowing my mind -- proud to say I had no part in making them.
That's the power of #WebXR!
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For my part in the #Webaverse, I'm working on probably the biggest WebXR app ever created. Download more ram.
If you like Minecraft, Fortnite, Rec Room, virtual worlds, and especially #WebXR, you'll probably want to follow.
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But for now -- if you're into #WebXR, enjoy Metachromium.
Special thanks to @jaredmonkey and @TheRealKoolala for the #W3C effort to make sure Metachromium gets the nest it needs to exist.
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