Mozilla reopens Mozilla Labs after years of disruption

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Users who use Firefox all the year round may remember the Mozilla Labs, which is an innovative experimental platform for many of Firefox’s new features.

However, in 2014, Firefox Labs had stopped working and no new projects were released. Until recently, Firefox restarted the lab and launched new projects.

Firefox also did not continue to use the old archive site of the lab but developed a new website. Firefox said it was a place to create, test, and innovate.

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Several current lab projects:

  • Firefox Reality — A version of the Firefox web browser made specifically for virtual reality environments.
  • Firefox Listen — A listen technology that is integrated in Pocket already; it turns text into speech when activated by the user.
  • Common Voice — A “voice donation” project to improve virtual assistants.
  • Hubs by Mozilla — Hubs by Mozilla is a Virtual Reality chatroom that is compatible with any VR headset and web browser. Users may join chatrooms or create custom ones.
  • Project Things — A Framework — Things Framework — that developers may use through the Web Thing API.
  • WebXR Viewer — An augmented reality viewer for the Web. It is available for Apple’s iOS operating system only at this point in time.
  • Spoke by Mozilla — A tool to create virtual scenes by using 3D content from google Poly, Sketchfab and other sources.

To find out more, access to Mozilla Labs and start exploring.

Via: ghacks

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