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Monterey Tech Meetup
Why are we here?
Learn something new,
make friends, share our knowledge.
What do we do?
Encourage members of all skill levels, interests, and backgrounds to attend and create a supportive environment for learning and innovation.

Monterey Tech Meetup
Today's Format: Tech Talks
2-3 Presenters. 15-30 min ea.
Inspire, update, and keep the group informed on the latest tech trends or interesting applications.
Allows us to better imagine futures, and think about tech impacts us.

Monterey Tech Meetup

Introducing Our 1st Speaker!
Enter the Spatial Web



Matt Cool
Partnerships
Community Programs
Special Technical Projects

Community Manager @Mozilla

The Spatial Web
Why Web?
3D Social Spaces
with Hubs

Note about links and presentation:

Getting Immersive with the Spatial Web
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Lives in a web page
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Just the web! Web standards
- AR, VR, mixed-reality - 'XR'

AR
ar.js using tags to display art work. Link to post
AR
passthrough AR. Link to post
VR
Above Par-adowski Link to post
VR
Project Flowerbed: meditative gardening. Link to post
Mixed Reality (MR)
Spatial Fusion: plane detect/passthrough. Link to post
Mixed Reality (MR)

Mixed Reality (MR)
Ukaton - Phillips Hues lights w/web (Quest Pro)
Spatial Web
Why should we care?


Publish Freely/Iterate Fast
Ease of Access
Open Standards Protects Against Dominance of Proprietary Platforms



Roblox: 66.1 million DAU
22% year-over-year growth
Rec Room: 3 million MAU in VR


Spatial Worlds Traction

Apple Supports WebXR on AVPs




Quest 3 coming fall 2023
BigScreen Beyond
XREAL

HTC Vive Elite
Hardware is Getting Better
Mozilla Hubs



Cross-platform and Extensible
Open Source Community



Social 3d spaces in Your Browser

Demo


What are people doing with Hubs?





Medical Training

NYU Langone Health Grossman School of Medicine
Mozilla Developer Livestream Recording
Greg Dorsainville and Kristen Rameriz
Medical Training
NYU Langone Health Grossman School of Medicine
Mozilla Developer Livestream Recording
Greg Dorsainville and Kristen Rameriz

Conferences
Raumwelten
Three day architecture and media conf w/ ~700 attendees
Link to spotlight post
Remote Classrooms

University of Nottingham. Prof. Gary Burnett Human Factors
University Spaces
Chonum National University MetaUniversity by BELIEVER
Brand Experiences




Sanrio Puroland experience by Japan based agency Gugenka
MLB TwinsXR by U.S based REM5 Studios
Brand Experiences
Road Safety Training
SolarFlare Studios RSA road safety
Hubs Powered Virtual Spaces












Building Your Own Spaces

Spoke

https://hubs.mozilla.com/spoke



Hold Right-Click + WASD
Scroll to Zoom




Example Space




The Future of the Blender Workflow?
The Future of the Blender Workflow?
The Future of the Blender Workflow?
The Future of the Blender Workflow?
Resources


Appendix
Three.js Growth
Creating a rotating cube with webGL

Subscription Improvements



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The Immersive Web: Monterey Bay Tech Meetup
By Matt Cool
The Immersive Web: Monterey Bay Tech Meetup
What is the immersive web, and why does it matter?
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