(this announcement is most likely about mobile vr headsets, not the PC side)
I'm pleased about this because -
1- Firefox Reality is actually "Servo" ie the Rust based browser Mozilla has been developing for years. edit - UGGGH this may not ship with Servo enabled :(
2- This is a stamp of approval from both Firefox and HTC that Servo is ready for consumers at least for this use case (which is very demanding low latency graphics!)
3- Actual Firefox means far higher standards of privacy and integrity then some cancerous Chromium embedded scenario.
I'm concerned enough to think twice about buying anything from Vive mobile because -
1- Their Vive PC software is awful shovelware.
2- It's not clear what the OS environment around the browser would be in an HTC branded mobile headset. If it's a clean version of Android that can be hacked on and replaced then we have something.
3- WebXR/WebVR still has no useful way to actually browse the real web, there is no "HTMLTexture" to allow you to say even look at Wikipedia through a portal. As a result you are trapped in basically WebXR Demo hell...
I'm pleased about this because -
1- Firefox Reality is actually "Servo" ie the Rust based browser Mozilla has been developing for years. edit - UGGGH this may not ship with Servo enabled :(
2- This is a stamp of approval from both Firefox and HTC that Servo is ready for consumers at least for this use case (which is very demanding low latency graphics!)
3- Actual Firefox means far higher standards of privacy and integrity then some cancerous Chromium embedded scenario.
I'm concerned enough to think twice about buying anything from Vive mobile because -
1- Their Vive PC software is awful shovelware.
2- It's not clear what the OS environment around the browser would be in an HTC branded mobile headset. If it's a clean version of Android that can be hacked on and replaced then we have something.
3- WebXR/WebVR still has no useful way to actually browse the real web, there is no "HTMLTexture" to allow you to say even look at Wikipedia through a portal. As a result you are trapped in basically WebXR Demo hell...