Web VR
Mozilla is Shutting Down VR Browser ‘Firefox Reality’ Soon & Handing the Torch to ‘Wolvic’
Mozilla is shutting down its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality, and handing off the project to third-party team Igalia.
Mozilla launched Firefox Reality back in 2018 on a host of early standalones, including Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus. In the following...
‘Firefox Reality’ VR Web Browser Comes to PC in Preview Version
Firefox Reality, Mozilla's made-for-VR web browser, has been available on standalone devices for some time now, featuring support for Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Pico standalones. Now Mozilla has brought its WebXR-capable browser to PC VR...
Mozilla Releases Firefox-based ‘WebXR Viewer’ App for Browser-based AR on iOS
Mozilla has released a major revamp of its WebXR Viewer app on iOS, bringing support for the latest version of the WebXR standard, which allows AR and VR experiences to run from the web on the iPhone and iPad.
Mozilla...
Mozilla Launches ‘Hubs Cloud’ on AWS, the ‘WordPress of Social Virtual Spaces’
Mozilla today announced the launch of Hubs Cloud, an AWS-hosted service that allows organizations to run their own private virtual spaces that can be customized to their needs.
You may have heard of Hubs already; it's Mozilla's web-based social VR platform which...
Mozilla to Launch ‘Hubs Cloud’ as a First Step Toward an Open Web-based Metaverse
Mozilla Hubs is the company's impressive WebXR social app which allows users from almost any device (VR or not) to jump into a virtual room with the click of a link. But the company's ambitions go much further; soon...
XR Swim is a Much Needed Centralized Portal for Discovering WebXR Experiences
While we've talked plenty about the power of WebXR—a standard which makes it possible to deliver VR experiences directly from web browsers—there hasn't been a centralized destination to discover WebXR apps as users would expect from other content platforms....
Mozilla Updates the Unity WebXR Exporter to Run VR Apps in the Browser
WebXR is an open standard which allows VR apps to run directly from web browsers. While the tools for building WebXR apps are designed to be familiar to web developers, many VR developers use game engine tools like Unity...
This WebXR App Helps You Visualize the Global Infection Rate of Coronavirus
Coronavirus, otherwise known as the 2019 novel coronavirus, is primarily affecting China. While it's mostly been relegated to that country due to stringent quarantines and travel restrictions mandated by the Chinese government, you've probably heard that it's also landed...
‘Moon Rider’ is a WebVR Game That’s Quietly Amassed Thousands of Daily Players
Moon Rider is a free VR rhythm game built on the WebVR standard which means it runs directly from a web browser rather than being downloaded and installed on a specific VR storefront. Its creators say the game has...
VR Web Browser ‘Supermedium’ No Longer in Active Development
Supermedium, the team behind the native virtual reality browser that lets you interact with web-based VR content, says its namesake project is no longer in active development, and that it's effectively been put "on ice" in search of something...
‘Firefox Reality’ VR Web Browser Comes to Oculus Quest
Mozilla has finally brought its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality, to Oculus Quest.
In September of last year, the company initially released Firefox Reality on Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus (and other Vive Wave headsets) for free.
Now, according to a...
Mozilla Announces ‘Firefox Reality’ AR Web Browser for Hololens 2
Today at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain Mozilla announced a collaboration with Microsoft to bring the Firefox Reality web browser to the recently revealed Microsoft HoloLens 2.
While Mozilla hasn't mentioned a release date yet, the company says they're...
Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ Gets More Useful With Instant Media and 3D Model Imports
Mozilla's Hubs is a WebVR based VR chatroom that anyone can join on a wide range of devices just by plugging a URL into their web browser. A new update to the platform now allows instant importing of media and...
Oculus Replaces ‘React VR’ Framework With Rebranded ‘React 360’
At Facebook's F8 developer conference, Oculus today announced it's both overhauling and rebranding React VR, the company's open-source JavaScript library that lets developers create cross-platform WebVR experiences. Now dubbed React 360, the company says the framework now "provides clearer prioritization for...
Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ is the One-click VR Meeting Space I’ve Been Waiting For
As part of Mozilla's ongoing efforts to make VR a first-class citizen on the web, the company today announced Hubs, a WebVR-based social experience which makes for effortless, one-click creation of virtual spaces which anyone can join—from smartphones desktop browsers...


















