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Mozilla Launches "Firefox Reality", a VR Web Browser

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 19 2018, @06:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-could-really-get-into-that! dept.

takyon writes:

Mozilla's Firefox Reality web browser is now available

Mozilla's vision of a VR-first web browser is ready for consumers to download and judge.

Firefox Reality is a browser built entirely for virtual reality. While you may have read about desktop Firefox or Chrome adding WebVR support, Firefox Reality is a web browser that you actually use entirely inside a VR headset. You can visit URLs, search things and otherwise browse the 2D and 3D internet within the new browser all without moving a mouse, just your VR hand controller.

Firefox Reality is available on the Oculus, Viveport and Daydream platforms and is optimized to run on the latest standalone mobile headsets like the Oculus Go and Lenovo Mirage Solo.

Also at Engadget, Road to VR, VRFocus, and VentureBeat.

Related: Hubs by Mozilla: A New Way to Get Together Online

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @04:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @04:19PM (#737088)

    they may need to have side projects like this to keep from being left behind when new tech comes about but it just depends on how many man/woman/pronoun hours they devote to these side projects. i mean printing web pages is all screwed up in firefox while chromium works fine. chromuim also renders the pages noticeably faster: still...