• R&D organization @ Mozilla, a.k.a. Mozilla Research
• research.mozilla.org
• mozilla.org/technology
• Multiple teams for different technologies

• WebXR - Virtual & Augmented Reality (WebVR & AR)
• research.mozilla.org/mixed-reality
• webvr.info, webxr.io - WebXR Device API, Open Standard (proposal)
• In concert with WebGL, WebAudio and Gamepad APIs
• Windows: Firefox release, Mac: Nightly, Linux: in development

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  <a-sphere position="0 1.25 -1" radius="1.25" color="#EF2D5E"></a-sphere>
  <a-cube position="-1 0.5 1" rotation="0 0 0" …>
    <a-animation attribute="rotation" … to="0 360 0"></a-animation>
  </a-cube>
  <a-cylinder position="1 0.75 1" …></a-cylinder>
  <a-plane …></a-plane>
  <a-sky color="#ECECEC"></a-sky>
</a-scene>

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• Opus: royalty-free, open, universal audio codec
• Next target: do the same with video
• Mozilla/Xiph: Daala + Google: VP9 + Cisco: Thor
• Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) for collaboration
• Released: AV1 bitstream frozen since March/April 2018
• Next: Opimized de-/encoders, hardware support, ...

• Common Voice: Open repository for voice recordings
• Machine learning to train speech-to-text (STT) systems
• DeepSpeech / Pipsqueak: Mozilla STT, open source
• Offline speech recognition engine, for security + privacy, can run on RPi3
• Only 6.5% error rate on first released model
• research.mozilla.org/machine-learning

• Systems programming language
• Focus on speed, memory safety and parallelism
• Low-level language but prevents segmentation faults and guarantees thread safety
• Mozilla as founder and sponsor, active volunteer community
• Used at Mozilla e.g. in Servo and Firefox Quantum
• rust-lang.org

• Experimental web engine, written in Rust
• Modular architecture, embeddable
• Memory safe: more stability & security
• Fast: parallelism + newer algorithms
• Mature modules can be integrated into Gecko (Firefox Quantum)
• Possible base for a WebVR/XR runtime, etc.
• servo.org, research.mozilla.org/servo-engines

• New, low-level, assembly-like language to run in browsers
• Backward-compatible with asm.js
• Good target to compile C/C++ or Rust (via Emscripten) for the browser
• Enables fast compute-intensive applications (games et al.) on the web
• Already supported in Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari
• webassembly.org

• Experimental framework for connecting "things" to the web
• Target: decentralized Internet of Things that is safe, open and interoperable
• Web Thing API: Proposed W3C standard
• Things Gateway connects existing things/protocols to the web
• Cloud services are optional and configurable
• Giving control back to the user
• iot.mozilla.org