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RiftSketch: Live coding in VR with the Oculus Rift, Firefox WebVR, JavaScript and Three.js

Brian Peiris · demo · Watch on YouTube

VR, AR & spatial computingWeb developmentCreative coding & generative art

What it is

Brian Peiris demonstrates RiftSketch, a web app where you write JavaScript with Three.js while wearing an Oculus Rift and watch the world around you change live. It runs on Firefox builds with WebVR.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly cited as an inspiring demo of what programming in VR could look like, which led some commenters to buy headsets.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “I preordered the Vive because of a VR video of a guy programming the environment he was in at the moment”

    Inspired the commenter to preorder a headset for VR programming.

    mmanfrin, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Relativ – A VR headset that you can build yourself for $100”

  2. “It blew my mind.”

    RiftSketch demo that inspired the commenter's WebVR work.

    moron4hire, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Holographic optics for thin and lightweight virtual reality”

  3. “How about a Rift work space?”

    Demo of live coding inside a VR headset workspace.

    digi_owl, 2014-12 · Recommendation · in “My Adventures with “4K” 2160p and Linux”

  4. “people should check out Peiris's demo vid”

    Demo showing the potential of coding in VR.

    corysama, 2015-01 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Primrose – a text editor that runs in a WebGL texture”

  5. “this was an impressive demo of someone coding their environment in the Rift.”

    Impressive demo of coding your environment from inside the Rift.

    jfoster, 2015-06 · Recommendation · in “Oculus Rift”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: oculus rift, webvr, three.js, live coding, javascript

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