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Use the WebView input Layer to display any web page in ICE

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Igloo Core Engine

Settings

URL

Type in the full Enter the complete URL of the web page URL that you wish want to display.

Resolution

Specify the Width and Height which Define the rendering resolution of the web page is rendered at in pixels (Width x Height).

Dynamic Browser Resolution

When enabled the underlying resolution of the browser will be updated whenever the scale of the layer changes.

When disabled modifying the scale of the layer will have no effect on the browser resolution.

Use Custom FPS

When enabled the frame rate of a WebView can be set independently of the ICE application framerateEnabled: The browser's resolution will automatically update when the layer's scale changes.

Disabled: Changing the layer's scale will not affect the browser's resolution. This is useful when:

  • Operating in a high-resolution workspace, as native resolution WebViews may reduce performance.

  • Displaying a Cubemap/Equirectangular web page, where a fixed resolution and aspect ratio are required.

Use Custom FPS

Set the WebView's frame rate independently from the Igloo Core Engine application frame rate.

Use Alpha

When enabled, the browser's alpha channel will be utilised to support transparency, allowing for see-through elements and overlay effects. This is particularly useful for creating seamless integrations with varying background layers or for aesthetic effects where transparency is a key factor.

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Keyboard & Mouse Control

Once added, the web page can be controlled by selecting the WebView layer within the Workspace view and clicking using keyboard and dragging the mouse within the layer. mouse interactions

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Immersive Mode Canvas UI must be enabled for Layer interactionto allow interaction with the WebView Layer

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Media

The Web Browser Input utilises WebView uses the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) and has most of the features available in the Google Chrome browser, this includes audio playback and other media features such as , offering most Google Chrome features including audio playback, WebRTC, and WebGL.

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Audio

Audio within a WebView is fully supported with the WebView input and can be mixed independently mixed just like any other audio source in ICEIgloo Core Engine.

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Cookies

Cookies in Igloo Core Engine are managed similarly to Chrome, stored per Windows user. You can control the enablement or disablement of cookies through the "Use web cookies" setting found in Config > Settings > Misc Tab. You can also clear cookies during runtime using the “Clear web cookies“ button.

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Dev Tools

Chrome Dev Tools can be used to inspect and debug the state of WebViews within Igloo Core Engine.

Chrome DevTools - Chrome Developers

To do so, Igloo Core Engine must be opened using the command line parameter.

remoteDebugPort=n

Where n is the port number.

e.g.

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Info

See https://360igloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ID/pages/4070998018/Command+Line+Arguments#Chromium-Remote-Debug-Port