Latest updates on SearXR, the XR interface for SearX.
SearXR is also a loveletter to free and opensource tools & standards.
Contact: leonvankammen😉gmail.com
2023-02-16 |
SearXR PWA has been published to Oculus Quest/GO, Pico and Link thru sidequest! |
2022-12-09 |
A Major refactor prevented new blog updates. A new bookmarking-direction is on the way |
2022-11-02 |
See new progress update on immersive results |
2022-10-09 |
New bookmarking demo here |
2022-09-09 |
New Accessibility demos! here |
2022-05-11 |
exports (360 / HTML ) are working! exporting WebXR |
2022-02-02 |
yay! created blog article SearXing in VR |
2022-01-29 |
boom! refactored VR-searchbar to wrist-keyboard-searchinterface |
2022-01-26 |
awesome: several tweaks based on in-VR tests like positioning searchbar to user's height |
2022-01-25 |
it's happening: added text-result starting point for search results (general tab) |
2022-01-22 |
oh yes: refactored searchresults to diversify different rendering types (images vs text overviews) |
2022-01-18 |
sweet! added tab-system for search results (for now: images and general) |
2022-01-13 |
anticlimax: did some tests with XR-layers but disabled it (aframe webxr implementation is wobbly when entering VR) |
2022-01-12 |
finally, bugfix regarding elements not being rendered correctly while switching between CSS and WebXR. |
2022-01-08 |
look mum!: reduced amount of polygons to ensure SearXR also works on lowend smartphones |
2022-01-07 |
good fitness: forked the web2vr library (I need to swap aframe-keyboard for aframe-super-keyboard, and upgrade aframe) |
2022-01-03 |
various experiments with positional dragging (it's tricky to unify mouse-and-vr-controller methods) |
2022-01-01 |
Happy newyear everybody! This year will be the year of SearX, I can feel it! |
2021-12-24 |
so cool to see potential new SearX features pouring in! |
2021-12-18 |
happy xmas in advance everyone! |
2021-12-11 |
awesome: if you type 'settings' in searchbar, then settings will popup |
2021-12-01 |
summarized preferences-research in this blog-post |
2021-11-** |
mainly busy with SearX preferences-related research |
2021-09-15 |
updated to latest aframe (v1.2.0) to solve an XRsecurity issue on Samsung S20 FE |
2021-09-15 |
mode('css3d') vs mode('webxr') now seamlessy switch between (imagecaptured) DOM-elements |
2021-09-10 |
wrote a deploy script to deploy updates to the server faster |
2021-08-29 |
Bought a new phone..the POC on the LIVESERVER works smooth so far! |
2021-08-28 |
Fully refreshed after the holiday, lets get ready to rumble! |
2021-08-24 |
Small holiday + watching WebXR Summit online |
2021-08-21 |
Really curious about the upcoming WebXR Summit |
2021-08-16 |
added <base> tag script (as searx serves js from different dir) |
2021-08-10 |
added hide-in-ar component so certain elemens will be invisible in AR mode |
2021-08-03 |
tested different themes on the LIVESERVER |
2021-07-30 |
deployed javascript to the LIVESERVER |
2021-07-27 |
wrote ./push.sh bash-script to deploy javascript to the liveserver |
2021-07-22 |
bugfix: forced white color to images otherwise it acts as opacity (aframe bug?) |
2021-07-15 |
added a white glow behind hamburger-menu and search textarea to combat dark backgrounds |
2021-07-10 |
getting close to a first online 3D beta..stay tuned |
2021-07-01 |
integrating bundled javascript into SEARX template |
2021-06-20 |
optimized files for bundling (added 'nobundle' tag to exclude debug/test-scripts) |
2021-06-10 |
the update is that there's no update..holiday time! |
2021-06-03 |
3D searchbar is now stylable (using CSS) per custom theme |
2021-05-20 |
wrote zip-creator for easier (un)packaging in SEARX repo(template) |
2021-05-12 |
updated javascript bundler and taming shellscript |
2021-05-02 |
updated last blog article |
2021-05-02 |
applied billboarding so searchresults always face the user(camera) |
2021-04-28 |
added 3D sphere with tiles to host searchresult |
2021-04-26 |
add searchresult listeners |
2021-04-25 |
hide FPS counter on non-localhost machines + added searchresult-event |
2021-04-15 |
extend blog article with reallife mp4 footage |
2021-04-10 |
commenting / removing unused code |
2021-04-05 |
spatial dragging experiment |
2021-04-02 |
thinking/sketches to further separate VR/AR/3D themes |
2021-03-28 |
wrote CSS3D and WebGL-blog article |
2021-03-24 |
experimenting with instancing to boost FPS |
2021-03-20 |
removed blender aframe project, thanks for the startingpoint |
2021-03-15 |
finalized performance matrix |
2021-03-12 |
fixed textfield-render bug + better mouse support on desktop |
2021-03-08 |
minor bugfixes + playing around with hand-controls |
2021-03-05 |
scrollwheel now moves up/down in desktop-mode |
2021-03-01 |
testing on smartphone..FPS drops too much..refactoring |
2021-02-22 |
moving device-specific controllers inside/outside themes |
2021-02-19 |
introducing theme-class for better separation |
2021-02-16 |
refactoring rules: separate VR and AR better |
2021-02-10 |
wrote blog article Documentation 'generators' |
2021-02-07 |
many many updates |
2021-02-05 |
modified tooltips |
2021-02-03 |
updated rule-engine |
2021-02-01 |
modified onscreen joystick-position |
2021-01-27 |
wrote blog article Progressive interfaces |
2021-01-23 |
added tooltips to SEARXR |
2021-01-20 |
added mobile 3D touch-scroll support to SEARXR |
2021-01-17 |
researched and found an easy peasy CSS-only toaster |
2021-01-15 |
created <swipe-component> aframe component for mobile 3D touch-scroll |
2021-01-13 |
experimented with always-user-facing 3D billboard-planes |
2021-01-10 |
suggested a manifest.json solution to the W3C immersive-web group to boost WebXR discovery |
2021-01-07 |
tested different ways of search-result positioning in SEARXR |
2021-01-03 |
added on-screen joystick support to SEARXR |
2021-01-01 |
Happy new year! 2021 is going to be an awesome year for SEARXR! |
2020-12-22 |
various optimizations to keep SEARXR running at >60fps |
2020-12-18 |
wrote blog article XR discovery |
2020-12-13 |
added rule engine to detect controller-support |
2020-12-08 |
various optimizations to keep SEARXR running at >60fps |
2020-12-01 |
added theme-switch support to SEARXR |
2020-11-28 |
played around with interchangable 3D CSS<=>webgl |
2020-11-25 |
tested cardboard-performance between webxr polyfill and webxr native |
2020-11-22 |
added WASD-keyboard support to SEARXR |
2020-11-18 |
added hamburger menu to SEARXR |
2020-11-15 |
created aframe skeleton app |
2020-11-14 |
aframe skeleton app in blender |
2020-11-13 |
blog online at blog.searxr.me-domain |
2020-11-12 |
wrote some textfiles for the blog |
2020-11-11 |
website contact-email now redirects to repository issuetracker |
2020-11-10 |
added mastodon share link to html template |
2020-11-09 |
deployed this directory-to-blog-converter as gitlab page |
2020-11-08 |
created logo in inkscape |
2020-11-07 |
animated logo css in webappmaker |
2020-11-06 |
created gitlab organisation + github redirect |