Browsing internet within WebXR/VR scene

Questions
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Hi Babylonians,
Is there a way to access web pages for examples like my gmail account in order to read my emails from inside a WebXR scene ? I would like to access my emails, google docs etc., from within my VR environment.
Any possible approach ?
Thanks.

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Unfortunately not at the moment for security reasons, but @RaananW might have more info in case this is planned?

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Almost think this topic should be move to off-topic, but there was some kind of virtual desktop / office thing. I never did it, so don’t know if it did email, but think doing this inside of a BJS scene, inside of a browser, is going to be inferior to an app designed for this.

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Ok thanks. I will try to find out if it can be done using A-frame or Mozilla Hubs.

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@Dan it is a browser limitation not a framework one here unfortunately.

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Oh ok I see … tnx !

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Found it https://www.vrdesktop.net/

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Hey I figured I would check in a few years later ;), is it still not possible to browse the web inside of a WebXR scene?

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not yet!
Maybe in 2 years :wink:

There are solutions that stream a remote web browser, if that’s helpful.

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haha I’ll be sure to check back again in a few years :laughing:

In the meanwhile streaming a remote browser does seem like a nice workaround, where would be a good place to start with streaming?

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@gabrieljbaker has integrated one solution in frame, and I keep on forgetting the name. I hope he will be able to help.

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