Some compile fixes and a rename from gpu_wgpu to gpu_web, since wgpu
refers to a specific implementation of WebGPU and I'm really bad at
typing it for some reason.
Origin type used to be a query-able property of the VR system that
indicated whether the tracking was roomscale or seated-scale.
The t.headset.offset config value could be used to design an
origin-agnostic experience, which by default shifted content up 1.7
meters when tracking was seated-scale. That way, stuff rendered at
y=1.7m was always at "eye level". It worked pretty well.
It's getting replaced with a t.headset.seated flag.
- If seated is false (the default), the origin of the coordinate space
will be on the floor, enabling the y=1.7m eye level paradigm. If
tracking is not roomscale, a floor offset of 1.7m will be emulated.
- If seated is true, the origin of the coordinate space will be y=0
at eye level (where the headset was when the app started). This is
the case on both roomscale and seated-scale tracking.
So basically 'seated' is an opt-in preference for where the app wants
its vertical origin to be.
One advantage of this is that it's possible to consistently get a y=0
eye level coordinate space, which was not possible before. This makes
it easier to design simpler experiences that only need to render a
floating UI and don't want to render a full environment or deal with
offsetting everything relative to a 'floor'. This also makes it easier
to implement hybrid VR+flatscreen experiences, because the camera is at
y=0 when the headset module is disabled.
The opt-in nature of the flag, coupled with the fact that it is
consistent across all types of tracking and hardware, is hopefully a
more useful design.
- We need some headset initialization to happen upfront
- But we still want some delayed initialization for when graphics is ready
- Go back to headset initialization happening when module is required
- Add lovr.headset.start that can be used for post-graphics init
- Make the renderloop synchronous by hijacking the RAF to run on the
XRSession when active.
- Convert os_web to use emscripten's native HTML5 interface instead
of going through GLFW.
- Stop using preinitialized GL context -- lovrPlatformCreateWindow
now creates the context.
- GLES2/3 emulation is not necessary.
- Remove inline sessions. The VR simulator is used to render to the
Canvas instead. webxr_attach and webxr_detach are used to replace
replace the active headset driver with the webxr driver when an
immersive session starts.
- Add noop desktop_getSkeleton.
- lovr.headset.newModel accepts an optional options table as the
second argument. There is currently a single option named
'animated' that can be used to request an animatable model.
Currently it isn't clear if this should be a hint or not.
- lovr.headset.animate (name pending) can be called with a device
and a model (usually with an animated model from headset.newModel,
but this is not required). The function attempts to animate the
Model to match the pose of the device in an opaque driver-specific
way, and returns whether or not this was successful.
- OpenVR has models for controllers with a system called "components"
that can be used to animate the individual buttons. Now the OpenVR
headset driver implements the 'animate' function to make use of the
controller components, to easily load and render animated controllers.
