Mozilla Brings Virtual Reality to the Web With Oculus Rift

Most websites aren't designed with virtual reality in mind, and browsing the web can be a little challenging when you're wearing something like the Oculus Rift. Engineers at both Google and Mozilla have been working on this problem for a while now, and Mozilla has just launched a new website, MozVR where Oculus Rift wearers can browse through technology demos that show off what VR can do on the web.

(Also see: Browsing the Web in Virtual Reality With the Oculus Rift)

In a blog post Mozilla developers wrote the Native VR web experience was launched to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Firefox, and will be a place for VR developers to showcase their work.

To make it easier for other developers to participate and make their own VR websites, the Mozilla team has also shared the source code, tools and tutorials on both MozVR and GitHub.

The idea behind the project is to make Web VR as seamless and easy to use as the classic web, and it uses a heads up display, menus and loading indicators that appear as layers to wrap the experience, that can be summoned and dismissed.

The Mozilla team writes that clicking links becomes like teleportation, as one VR world dissolves seamlessly into the next - this includes a fly-through of British Columbia, a 360-degree documentary, and a talk show filmed in VR.

To try these experiences yourself, you'll need a VR-enabled build of Firefox for Mac or PC xthat you can download here, and an Oculus Rift headset.