Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) — known together as Mixed Reality (MR) — introduce a new dimension of physicality to current web security and privacy concerns. Problems that are already difficult on the 2D web, like permissions and clickjacking, become even more complex when users are immersed in a 3D experience. This is especially true on head-worn displays, where there is no analogous

Firefox Reality, Mozilla's VR web browser, is getting closer to release; so let's talk about how to make your experiences work well in this new browser. Use a Framework with WebVR 1.1 Support Building WebVR applications from scratch requires using WebGL, which is very low level. Most developers use some sort of a library, framework, or game engine to do the heavy lifting for them. These are some c

Mozilla is excited to enter a new phase of work on JavaScript APIs that will help everyone create and share virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) projects on the open web. As you might know, Mozilla formally launched this work last year with the release of Firefox desktop support for the WebVR 1.1 API. Using that draft API, early adopters like WITHIN were able to distribute 3D experience

Imagine you wanted to have your store’s web page work in 2D, and also take advantage of the full range of AR and VR devices. WebXR will provide the foundation you need to create pages that work everywhere, and let you focus on compelling User Experiences on each of the devices. In a recent blog post, we touched on one aspect of progressive WebXR, showcasing a version of A-Painter that was adapted

Today we are proud to announce Firefox Reality, a new web browser designed from the ground up for stand-alone virtual and augmented reality headsets. We took our existing Firefox web technology and enhanced it with Servo, our experimental web engine. From Firefox, we get decades of web compatibility as well as the performance benefits of Firefox Quantum. From the Servo team (who recently joined th

In our posts announcing our Mixed Reality program last year, we talked about some of the reasons we were excited to expand WebVR to include AR technology. In the post about our experimental WebXR Polyfill and WebXR Viewer, we mentioned that the WebVR Community Group has shifted to become the Immersive Web Community Group and the WebVR API proposal is becoming the WebXR Device API proposal. As the

Today, we’re happy to announce that the WebXR Viewer app is available for download on iTunes. In our recent announcement of our Mixed Reality program, we talked about some explorations we were doing to extend WebVR to include AR and MR technology. In that post, we pointed at an iOS WebXR Viewer app we had developed to allow us to experiment with these ideas on top of Apple’s ARKit. While the app i

We have implemented a new WebGL architecture and support for the multiview extension in Servo that will make our WebGL and WebVR much faster. The Multiview extension allows for stereo rendering in a single pass and can improve VR rendering performance up to 40%. We implemented it as a WebVR 1.1 extension and it’s compatible with all the mobile headsets (Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and Snapdr

A brief introduction When creating WebVR experiences developers usually face a common problem: it’s hard to find assets other than just basic primitives. There’re several 3D packages to generate custom objects and scenes that use custom file formats, and although they give you the option to export to a common file format like Collada or OBJ, each exporter saves the information in a slightly differ

No time for blog posts today? Skip the line, and get to the trendiest club of the Metaverse through the VIP access: Make sure you have a WebVR-enabled browser. Fix your hair. Hop right onto the dance floor. Share with the world your best moves - to the tune of the wonderful music made by JosSs! VR devices, such as the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, have accurate systems to track the position and or