Episode 212 – Virtually Browsing | Games At Work dot Biz

Michael and Michael start up this week’s episode with the newly announced Firefox Reality mixed reality browser — available for a wide variety of VR headsets, and remember the early days of Second Life when browser windows were brought into the 3D Internet. This reminded the pair of widgets that could be used in a mixed reality space to stream content from the internet into familiar 3D objects such as a virtual stock ticker, or even a virtual computer screen.

Moving to the augmented reality space, the Angry Birds example game that could be played using the Magic Leap One looks intriguing, and was similar to the WWDC multiplayer AR demo where the participants tried to knock down the virtual blocks from the other team. A level generator would be especially interesting to try — and really leverage the ability of the user to move around in physical reality.

Closing out the show this week, Michael and Michael marvel at the cinematography used to create the spectacular Apple WatchOS 5 watch faces with fire, water and more. Check out the link in the show notes below to see for yourself.

Selected Links

ZDNet article: Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, its web browser for VR — https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-releases-firefox-reality-its-web-browser-for-vr/

TechCrunch article: Mozilla’s Firefox Reality web browser is now available — https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/18/mozillas-firefox-reality-web-browser-is-now-available/

Linden Labs SecondLife — https://secondlife.com/

TechCrunch article: Microsoft is putting HoloLens to work with new Dynamics 365 applications — https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/18/microsoft-is-putting-hololens-to-work-in-dynamics-365/

Mozilla Mixed Reality — https://mixedreality.mozilla.org

Gadgets have been discontinued — https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13787/gadgets-have-been-discontinued

Konfabulator / Yahoo! Widgets — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Widgets

Microsoft Bob — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

TechCrunch article: Magic Leap One’s first big game is another Angry Birds; here’s what it’s like — https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/19/magic-leap-ones-first-major-game-is-angry-birds-heres-what-its-like-to-play-it/

WWDC 2018, What’s New in ARKit 2 — https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2018/602/

Weather Channel interactive weather forecast —