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== January 14th, 2019 ==
* '''Firefox Reality By Default''' -- HTC and Mozilla announced jointly at CES that Firefox Reality will be the default browser for Vive and Vive Pro headsets, significantly extending our reach into the desktop or “tethered” VR market to [https://www.cnet.com/news/htc-vive-headset-taps-into-firefox-reality-mozillas-vr-browser/ much] [https://www.techmeme.com/190107/p28#a190107p28 press] [https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/firefox-reality-htc-vive-default-browser-1203101384/ applause]. HTC's Vive Pro is a new virtual reality headset designed to deliver premium VR experiences through greater display resolution and integrated eye tracking, making possible a a nifty rendering technique called [https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/htc-vive-pro-eye-hands-on-gaze-tracking-ces-2019/ “foveated rendering”]. Firefox Reality will be built in by default to deliver those enhanced experiences.
* '''Love The Web? So Do We!''' -- Our weekly Developer Newsletter continues to grow, having exceeded our overall 2018 goal by 15% and now reaches over 300,000 subscribers. Each edition brings you coding techniques and best practices, MDN updates, info about emerging technologies, developer tools tips, and more. If you haven’t already, we’d love to have you [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/newsletter/developer/ sign up] and join us.
* '''ARVR Women Futurist in Residence Program''' -- [https://arvrwomen.com/ ARVR Women], an online network and real-world meetup focused on increasing representation and multicultural leadership in Virtual and Augmented Reality, announced its [https://medium.com/@isiciliana/arvr-women-announces-tyler-musgrave-co-chair-of-its-futurists-in-residence-program-2f11b874835 Futurist in Residence] program to develop on Hololens 2 and Magic Leap. One third of the group is composed of [http://debiasvr.com/ alumni] from Mozilla’s XR [https://twitter.com/restorative_vr Studio] [http://xrstudio.co/ program], and the Futurist in Residence program builds on that tradition by providing access to AR/VR technologies and funding residencies to further communication, education, and professional growth. You can find out more about the group and get involved at [https://arvrwomen.com/ https://arvrwomen.com/]
== January 7th, 2019 ==
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