While the web was developed, the early HTML language has evolved dramatically. A good web page experience typically involves more than just HTML. One of those ways to add more interactivity is via JavaScript. The combination of HTML, XML, and JavaScript is a large portion of what delivers the web, including applications, such as Google Documents or online Microsoft Word (also free).

These are, however, flat. To move into the third dimension has traditionally taken high–speed software, usually written in C++. As computers have gotten faster and faster and Graphics Processing Units (GPU) have taken over the bulk of the actual 3D generation, languages to describe 3D games have evolved.

There are currently quite a number of ways to program in VR. It is challenging to generate 90 frames per second at the resolution the Rift and Vive display at, so most VR programming is done in high-speed languages, that are direct to the metal or low level, such as...