Detaching 3D Objects from Documents

[Adam Sobieski]

I would like to propose that DOM elements, including 3D objects, could be detached from HTML document windows, and interacted with in XR environments.

When 3D objects are detached from an HTML document, events from interacting with them would route to HTML documents and they could be updated from HTML documents.

An example scenario of interest involves a mathematical 3D graph placed in an HTML document such that it could be detached from the document to be interacted with in an XR environment. There are to consider implementational details with respect to the scaling of the 3D content, adaptive level of detail for the 3D mesh or meshes, and whether the mathematical graph data is on the client or a remote server.

See also:

• https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-immersive-web/2020Oct/0007.html
• https://github.com/immersive-web/detached-elements
• #61

[Rik Cabanier]

There's already a proposal, github repo and an implementation of this feature.
Please see https://github.com/immersive-web/detached-elements