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Is the web due for a major change?

Panel Session

Moderator: David Singer,
Advisory Board and Apple Inc.

Disruptive technologies approaching?

[looking in a side-mirror of a car with cars behind]

Two traps:

Optimizing horse-drawn buggies when cars are about to arrive
Abandoning cars because jet-packs will soon be common

Examples of possible disruption – 3 or 3D?

[a large digit 3]

The world talks about two '3' technologies:

Web3 – claims to disrupt the underpinnings
3D/VR – could move us from the 'flat graphics' we've had for years

This is not a Blockchain or Metaverse panel!

Introducing your panelists

Wei Ding

Advisory Board; Director of Standards Strategy, Huawei Corp.

Mike Prorock

Co-chair, Credentials CG; CTO & Founder, Mesur.io

Ada Rose Cannon

Co-chair, Immersive Web WG and CG; Web Standards, Apple

Wei Ding

Whether W3C should be in the loop of debate on Web.next?

A strategic Management Scheme for the future of web standards

What's W3C's position on the Web.next?

Model: Data integrator for all, e.g. Data Fabric
Control: Middleware for all, e.g. WASM
View: Presentation for all, e.g. Immersive Web

Be a facilitator, not a arbitrator.

Mike Prorock

Credential management is potentially disruptive
De-centralized technical approaches are getting traction
… even if major disruption doesn’t seem to be happening (yet?)

Ada Rose Cannon

User interface is changing and evolving, including 3D
New CSS powers will lead to a radical shift in website weight
New Immersive hardware won't replace 2d interfaces but will augment
The immersive web has two sides:
1. the imperative WebXR side (well established)
2. a declarative side (very early days)

Questions

How do we watch the rear-view mirror?
How do we make informed comment on trends in our field?