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== April 6th, 2020 ==
* '''Mozilla’s Mixed Reality Merch Store''' -- Get your Mozilla Mixed Reality apparel and swag at the new [https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mozillaMR online store], thanks to a collaboration with the folks at Spreadshirt. You’ll find all kinds of apparel, bags, drinkware and more -- even items sporting the new Servo logo. Expect additional Mozilla branded gear of all kinds to show up there over time, so bookmark the site and stop by to shop regularly.
* '''Build Your Own Open Speech Assistant''' -- The Qt (pronounced “cute”) Python team, which works to bring the benefits of the Qt cross-platform UI platform to the world of Python development, published a [https://www.qt.io/blog/about-my-qt-times-and-a-qt-for-python-voice-assistant blog post] detailing their project to build a voice assistant using only open source technologies. They selected Mozilla’s DeepSpeech and Text-to-Speech (TTS) components along with natural language processing from [https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa Rasa], and, of course Qt and Python. The blog post takes you through the steps to install and use the voice assistant with pointers to all the code. Check it out!
* '''Emulating Augmented Reality''' -- In September we released the [https://blog.mozvr.com/webxr-emulator-extension/ WebXR Emulator Extension], which enables testing web virtual reality applications in your desktop browser. Last week we happily announced a new feature: Augmented Reality (AR) support. AR experiences are becoming increasingly common -- perhaps you’ve seen new mobile apps that let you buy furniture by first previewing it in your home. AR capabilities are coming soon to the WebXR API, and our updated WebXR emulator allows desktop Firefox to provide augmented reality device support so AR applications will run. You’ll find more information in our [https://blog.mozvr.com/webxr-emulator-extension-ar-support/ MozVR blog post] including a short video showing you what the experience is like.
== March 30th, 2020 ==
* '''IEEE VR Update''' -- As we mentioned last week, the annual IEEE VR conference ran entirely online and was the first major conference deployment using Hubs Cloud Enterprise. The Hubs Cloud deployment hosted viewing parties, speakers, birds of a feather sessions, social hours, poster sessions, and sponsor rooms. Hubs.mozilla.com traffic increased significantly as a result, with an approximate 4.7x increase in the number of trailing monthly active rooms compared to the end of February. We also had 1,800 account sign-ups the week of IEEE VR. Overall the event was a huge success for Hubs and our Mixed Reality team, and certainly a sign of more to come.
