[news_to_me]

This is pretty neat.

The more I try to do Web VR stuff though, I get frustrated because there isn't yet a good way to design it "responsively" so that it will look right on normal flat screens, but become an environment in VR.

I also wonder about what the right UX for linking pages in VR is. I don't want to have to fist-bump some floating blue text. Maybe there should be a "link shape" or halo that draws the eye to certain features.

[giaour]

Clearly, links should be represented as human-sized exposed pipes that users jump into like in Mario games.

[yumraj]

Note the date and time, this comment may provide proof of prior art in some future patent litigation.

[mysterydip]

Great. Now I want to mod/hack super mario bros into an interactive web browser.

[pvorb]

How about portals as in "Portal"?

[news_to_me]

We have a winner

[ryoshu]

https://www.webvrexperiments.com/ has some good examples of desktop experiences that scale up to VR.

[news_to_me]

Yeah, but those are all still like, super 3D on a flat screen. Which makes sense - they're demonstrating exactly how 3D and immersive VR can be, even without a headset.

I'm just curious what the future would look like for, say, a startup's splash page in VR, where environment could be used to subtly enhance the experience if you are in VR, but otherwise be a normal web page.

[crooked-v]

Now I'm picturing something like the Super Game Boy, where you have the original screen and then a graphical wrapper around it.

Being able to easily add a spherical or cylindrical "wallpaper" that would project around you while looking at a 2d rectangle projection of the site could be a simple way to give an "easter egg" to VR users without having to comprehensively redesign everything for it.