Is Native Naïve? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms
Abstract
Native game engines have long been the 3D development platform of choice for research in mixed and augmented reality. For this reason they have also been adopted in many immersive visualization and immersive analytics systems and toolkits. However, with the rapid improvements of WebXR and related open technologies, this choice may not always be optimal for future visualization research. In this paper, we investigate common assumptions about native game engines vs. WebXR and find that while native engines still have an advantage in many areas, WebXR is rapidly catching up and is superior for many immersive analytics applications.
P. W. S. Butcher, A. Batch, D. Saffo, B. MacIntyre, N. Elmqvist, and P. D. Ritsos, “Is Native Naïve? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 91–98, May 2024.
doi:10.1109/MCG.2024.3367422
Bibtex
@article{Butcher-et-al-CGA2024,
author = {Butcher, Peter W. S. and Batch, Andrea and Saffo, David and MacIntyre, Blair and Elmqvist, Niklas and Ritsos, Panagiotis D.},
journal = {IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
title = {{Is Native Naïve? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms}},
year = {2024},
month = may,
volume = {44},
number = {3},
pages = {91-98},
doi = {10.1109/MCG.2024.3367422}
}
