Allow for self-hosted version of vscode.dev with host environment access

[PALuczak]

Given that running VS Code in the browser is now possible (with vscode.dev), it would be extremely useful to be able to self-host a VS Code instance with full access to the host environment (similar to how RStudio Server works). This could serve as an equivalent to the "Remote-SSH" workflow for devices without native support for VS Code, as well as an easy way of creating development environments for students/presentation attendees (just spawn a docker container with VS Code server and all required dependencies for each student) without requiring them to install any software on their own machines.

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[janus-reith]

It seems to me like the title of this ("vscode.dev") and the issue description are contradicting.
There are multiple existing solutions which allow running the VSCode GUI in the browser, backed by a server.
Don't get me wrong, official support for this would be great to have instead of third parties, but technically it's not the main interesting part of vscode.dev but something that was available for a while.

AFAIK The interesting part about vscode.dev is that it actually runs in the browser, including the language server, without any non-static server-side counterpart involved. (Hence the limitations like not having a terminal).