Is it possible to load a WKWebView that has 3D rendering (like three.js) in a volumetric window?

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Created Jul ’25

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I would like to translate info in a three.js based web app as a 3D model in a volumetric window. Is it possible to do this in a similar manner as loading a web page in a WKWebView?

Answered by radicalappdev in 850686022

We can load a Three JS scene in a WebView, but the WebView itself will always be a 2D plane. It would work more like a window looking into the 3D space. The Three JS scene can't fill the volume.

The only workaround I know is to download a model as a USDZ. If you needed to let your users place models in their shared space, this could be an option. Three JS as features to export as USDZ. But this exported file would not be a live Three JS scene anymore, just a USDZ file that users could open with QuickLook

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We can load a Three JS scene in a WebView, but the WebView itself will always be a 2D plane. It would work more like a window looking into the 3D space. The Three JS scene can't fill the volume.

The only workaround I know is to download a model as a USDZ. If you needed to let your users place models in their shared space, this could be an option. Three JS as features to export as USDZ. But this exported file would not be a live Three JS scene anymore, just a USDZ file that users could open with QuickLook

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