WebGL exists, why do we need a budget restricted version of a model viewer in the browser? None of the motivations are at all convincing. Should browsers now be obliged to integrate with VR headsets?
WebGL support on safari is ropey at best why would apple implement a standard written by some one else when they can create a new standard no one asked for?
Don’t be deceptive. Inaccurate generalizations and hyperbole add nothing to the discussion.
I for one think this is a future proofing move with little current utility. However I’m not one who thinks the AR/VR/ 3D Models in browser bandwagon is going anywhere within the next 5 years.
Get to see a nice blank screen for both. Once you fiddle with all the settings so you aren't looking out from the inside of a monochrome polygon, you're going to approach the same complexity as the webgl version
Are you going to specify yet another new 3D model format as a standard target for browser to support?
Presumably browsers would support the most popular formats, just as they do with images and video. And just as with images and video, we'll likely end up in a situation where m most formats are supported by most browsers, with a couple odd formats that are only supported by some. Doesn't seem like a huge deal.
Unless apple is proposing to elevate some existing implementation, that already has interop across various platforms, then I think anything they do would necessarily be Yet Another Format.
And it is awesome.