From CNET: Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox web browser, said Tuesday it's building a new web browser. This one, though, won't run on your computer in the traditional way. 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. It's called Firefox Reality, and it should arrive this summer, Mozilla said.
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. Competitors ranging from giants like Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Apple to game maker Valve and startups like Magic Leap all are vying to become the dominant force in this emerging industry. Collectively they've spent billions of dollars in research and development to create a range of headsets and technologies that some people believe could one day upend the way we use computers.
So far, though, relatively few of us have bought in. Annual VR device sales are counted in the millions, not the billions as with phones or the people using Facebook each month. And although Facebook's Oculus VR division is the ostensible market leader, sales during its first year on the market lagged behind others like Sony's PlayStation VR.
Enthusiasts and executives debate about why virtual reality hasn't yet taken off. Some argue the price is too high (Oculus, Sony and HTC have all lowered prices in the past year). Others say that the bulky headsets are a turnoff, or that people just need to try it out first.
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