Mozilla's efforts are the newest in the tech industry's efforts to sell us on a future in which we all interact with computers through goofy headwear. It's called Firefox Reality, and it should arrive this summer, Mozilla said. Instead, it's built "from the ground up" to work with new VR and AR headsets, which bring computer images so close to your eyes that they trick your brain into thinking you're in a virtual world. This one, though, won't run on your computer in the traditional way.
You can see a short promo video below.Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox web browser, said Tuesday it's building a new web browser. The browser is available from the Viveport, Oculus and Daydream app stores. Perhaps a more exciting prospect is the planned support for 360-degree video. Mozilla stresses that this is still early days for the browser, with some fundamental features such as bookmarks still yet to be added.
The browser also includes features Firefox users have come to expect such as private browsing. To make sure of fast and smooth performance, Firefox Reality is built on Mozilla's faster Quantum engine – though according to the blog post this appears to be a mobile version of the engine. The result is a browser that is built for the medium it serves." "This required years of research, and countless conversations with users, content creators, and hardware partners. Vrignaud is Head of Mixed Reality Platform Strategy at the organization. "We had to rethink everything, including navigation, text-input, environments, search and more," Mozilla's Andre Vrignaud writes in a post on the Mozilla blog.
For this reasons, Firefox Reality puts a feed of VR and AR content front and center on its home screen. Talking to VR users, Mozilla learned that one common frustration is finding new games as well as virtual and augmented reality experiences. It's designed to browse traditional 2D web content while also hoping to push the boundaries of what the web can do when coupled with VR technology, and can be operated by voice command. Mozilla has unveiled Firefox Reality, a new web browser for virtual and augmented reality hardware.
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