soft-exit immersive mode? (browser overlay in webgl)

[coderofsalvation]

Developing WebXR+WebGL feels a lot like having to re-invent the UI wheel compared to HTML elements.

Reason: as long as I can remember, there were hopes for a 3D UI in WebGL (as a standard) to ease this burden.

Solution

A similar exit-immersive workflow like Quest Browser:

https://twitter.com/coderofsalvatio/status/1808066619014303789

Basically, WebXR hands are not updated (frozen), browserwindow pops up, allowing hand interaction.

Alternative

Programmatically exiting immersive mode via javascript, and showing a button-overlay in the browser.
The problem here is that you're really exiting immersive mode, which is quite uncomfortable.