An approach to support stereoscopic 3D web

Abstract

With the stereoscopic technology gradually maturing, realistic 3D devices are more and more popular. However, how to adapt current Web technologies to this booming trend still remains elusive. In this paper, a novel approach to support stereoscopic 3D Web is proposed that is to extend existing HTML, CSS and JavaScript languages. Under our stereoscopic 3D web model, each element in a web page can be assigned with a depth value, which is essential for the perception of 3D depth. WebKit is modified to accomplish a stereoscopic 3D web browser, and as the result turned out, each element of a web page can be seen in a truly 3D space on a stereoscopic 3D device that appears to be floating from the display surface. It is shown that this approach provided a new ground-breaking innovation for user experience.