Observed arrival · 2026-11-07
Việt Nam Tự turns temple visits into a shared 3D ritual
A browser-based 3D temple space lets visitors walk around, sit, bow, recite with prayer beads, and light incense.
- For
- People unable to visit a temple in person
- Worth noticing
- Incense remains visible to other visitors for 30 minutes; practice statistics are stored in the current browser.
Field notes
Visitors enter through a customizable novice-monk avatar; the page says display names are automatically checked for profanity, insults, political content, and advertising. It also offers a two-character Dharma-name generator with no text-entry field. Controls cover movement, camera adjustment, ritual actions, and object interactions. Incense is said to remain visible to other visitors for 30 minutes, while practice counts stay in the current browser and start over in another browser or after browsing data is cleared.
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