Fabien Benetou

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A short introduction about JavaScript Devroom with some interesting resources about JavaScript and a presentation about this special second day for the FOSDEM JS Devroom.

Other people: Ludovic Gasc

We keep on hearing about the metaverse but what is it and more importantly, can JS be used to build it?

We'll briefly clarify what the metaverse is and give practical examples today with federated virtual reality servers managed by different persons.

Behind the buzzword from Facebook/Meta there is a truly interesting concept : connecting virtual worlds!

To do so there is no need to be one of the largest advertising company. In fact there are several solutions working today allowing to navigate from 3D or VR web pages and even keep information across, like a profile. During this presentation we will explore the WebXR specifications, in particular links between pages, and test an implementation running today named ImmersSpace based on Mozilla Hubs and ActivityPub.

A short introduction about JavaScript Devroom with some interesting resources about JavaScript and a presentation about this special day for the FOSDEM JS Devroom.

Other people: Ludovic Gasc

JavaScript runs everywhere. Or so it should! In this 30min talk we're going to skim over 10 small proof of concepts that relied on JavaScript to do something new. We'll conclude with an overview of useful technical and social patterns helpful to run "nearly" JS nearly everywhere.

A computer is an amazing piece of technology because it is generic. It is a general purpose device par excellence. Without going as abstract as Turing machines we wish we could run any code everywhere. Several things get in the way though : performances, design choices, business strategy, available implementation, etc. Yet, when you consider buying a new device or repurposing an old one patterns seem to be coming back over and over again, namely : is a browser present? Can I run a web server on it? Which protocols are available? Is there any usable file format to send or receive data? By efficiently identifying those new opportunities emerge. One can then connect one device to another even if they are not your usual computer. This talk is going to explore such patterns through 10 small examples built over last year. From a vibrating sex toy available on a social VR platform to a Linux phone controlling a TV like a remote or a virtual light bulb controlled by strangers and matching its physical equivalent, exotic hardware is going to leverage JavaScript, one way or another.

This presentation targets a curious audience. Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Internet of Things, virtual reality, augmented reality, embedded devices are welcomed but not necessary. The slides provide links to code snippets and all used libraries.

A short introduction about JavaScript Devroom with some interesting resources about JavaScript and a presentation about this special day for the FOSDEM JS Devroom

Other people: Ludovic Gasc

WebAR hackathon, using geospatial dataset with augmented reality on the web

Realite augmentee et realite virtuelle fonctionnent. Vous pouvez en effet des aujourd'hui utiliser votre telephone et avoir l'experience d'etre ailleurs ou d'avoir des informations supplementaires en surcouche du monde reel. La question devient donc maintenant comment. Comment est-il possible de creer de telles experiences dans des conditions respectant la vie privee et en utilisant un ensemble d'outils efficaces et permettant de creer ? Durant cette presentaiton nous allons explorer les differents outils possible, depuis le fonctionnement des senseurs des differents casque jusqu'a la creation de modeles 3D integree dans une page web affichee sur un casque de realitee augmentee, realitee virtuelle ou bien simplement un telephone.

WebAR hackathon, using geospatial dataset with augmented reality on the web

WebAR hackathon, using geospatial dataset with augmented reality on the web

WebAR hackathon, using geospatial dataset with augmented reality on the web

In preparation for the Open Geospatial Consortium meeting in Toulouse during the week https://www.opengeospatial.org/events/1911tc we invite developers, designers, geospatial expert to gather and explore innovation solutions. The goal is to provide the possibility for hands-on explorations of emerging standard technologies like WebXR with open dataset and create as teams. Participants will be invited to organize heterogeneous teams and create over the course of the entire 2 days working proof of concepts. The focus will be on supporting participant to get the very first steps in order to create novel solutions relying on free and open source software then share back to the community their results.

VR is so 2018. Now is time for AR... or is it? In this talk we will explore practically what is feasible today and how. We'll rely on Exokit for the new Magic Leap ML1 after briefly exploring what is AR, what it's good for then some guiding principles. No AR expertise required, just basic JavaScript frontend of backend will do.

The talk explored how create and experience augmented reality content on the latest commercially available hardware, namely the MagicLeap MP1 using the exokit node based browser (MIT License) and AFrame (MIT License) as properly isolated and re-usable component.

More specifically the different topics were : - limitations of native AR - WebAR, the definition - status of the specifications - hardware support / browsers / libraries - deconstruction of an experiment - what's yet to come - references

A live demo with content live streamed to the browser from the HMD was shown to the audience to highlight the device specific features with content they could related to, namely themselves.

VR works on the web and it takes 10 lines of pseudo HTML to start, it IS that simple.

Yet, that's not enough, you might not just want to make a web page immersive, you might want to pull 3D interactive and animated content outside of your screen.

This and more is what the new WebXR specifications is all about!

During this short lecture you will discover how simple it is to make VR or AR experiments. Yes you might need to code but you might quickly discover that this is just an excuse to learn on pretty much any topic! From programming to 3D to mathematics to spacial sound... as long as you can quickly test your result (which is very simple with the web) then each little step becomes an exciting exploration.