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posted by mrpg on Friday April 27 2018, @12:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the You-can-make-eye-contact dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd:

Today, we’re excited to share a preview release of Hubs by Mozilla, a new way to get together online within Mixed Reality, right in your browser. Hubs is the first experiment we’re releasing as part of our Social Mixed Reality efforts, and we think it showcases the potential for the web to become the best, most accessible platform to bring people together around the world in this new medium.

[...] When using a Mixed Reality headset with Hubs, you’ll be able to interact online in a whole new way. Instead of through a screen, you will be spending time together in what feels like a real place. You can make eye contact, high five, laugh together, or just explore. It’s up to you, and it all happens right in your browser just like any other website.

[...] When in the room, you can see one another, move around, and pick up and throw virtual objects. And of course, you can hear each other’s voices with fully spatialized audio, so it sounds like you are in a real place.

hubs.mozilla.com

Source: Introducing Hubs: A new way to get together


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 27 2018, @02:09AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 27 2018, @02:09AM (#672430) Journal

    Someone will be monitoring it. Probably some NSA and FBI agents wearing their own headsets.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Friday April 27 2018, @02:21AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday April 27 2018, @02:21AM (#672435) Journal

    NSA/FBI Joint Fap Force.

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 27 2018, @02:35AM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 27 2018, @02:35AM (#672438) Journal

      But, Agent Wilson, the headset goes on your BIG HEAD, not the little one!

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Friday April 27 2018, @03:16AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 27 2018, @03:16AM (#672453) Journal

        Are you implying Agent Wilson's d..k is not big enough for the headset?
        Because, size aside, his two heads are indistinguishable.

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  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Friday April 27 2018, @03:14AM (1 child)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Friday April 27 2018, @03:14AM (#672452) Journal

    I don't know about you all, but I have enough trouble with regular reality. Not exactly sure what "mixed reality" is, but I'm pretty sure it's not for me.

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