XR Hypermedia Federation 🥽

We connect, and help fund open XR ecosystems 🥦
We support public AR/VR/MR highways , seamlessly connected XR experiences: public XR hypermedia.

without obstacles 🈚 like appstores, rent-seeking, blockchain-minting etc
We encourage spatialisation of existing ecosystems like the 2D web, or file-collections using open protocols 🔌 : RSS, HTML, JML, Fediverse's ActivityPub and URI's using XR Fragments e.g.
Our mission

to promote the exchange of electronic spatial experiences and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose

100% piggybacks NLnet and European values: European Digital Rights and Principles to promote feelgood XR experiences for everybody.

, American DFI- and P2P-values, narrowed down to XR experiences.
XR Federation similarly promotes pluralism, altruism and opensource.

"XR hypermedia drives XR cost-efficiency beyond VR games: it enables spatial education and innovation for all of us." ~
Leon van Kammen / Founder, Strategy Director / @lvk@mastodon.online

Projects:

#protocol #openlearning #browser #xrdiscovery #webtranslator #all

XR Forge is a selfhostable platform for JanusWeb/File-based XR Experiences. #cost-efficient #collaboration #Universities #E-learning

XR (URI) Fragments is a browser-protocol for spatial anchors in URLs (to 3D files).
In gamer language: spawnpoints via URLs.

JanusWeb is the XR browser for the browser.
Its JML allows for an XR web within existing files/web.
It also supports browsing 3D files via XR (URI) Fragments.

Biggu's Gate is self-hostable web-software to remix simple pedagogical XR games. Learners themselves can then, together with parents and teachers.

JanusWeb's translators spatialize the web, embedding webstandards like (RSS/HTML) and popular fediverse platforms (peertube/mastodon e.g.).

SearXR is a SearX-based meta-searchengine for WebXR experiences.

XRSH is a Linux Shell for WebXR, which makes the Linux ecosystem of cli-tools available in WebXR.

Timeline

JML invented 2013

URL-decentralized virtual worlds (JanusVR) by James McCrae (incl. URL portalsystem). Rebrands in 2020 to (opensource) JanusXR with focus on janusweb
Facebook rebrand 2021

8 years after JanusXR, Facebook attempts proprietary centralized 'metaverse' (rebrands to 'Meta')
SearXR Funded 2020

NLnet #NGI #EU funds SearXR an opensource selfhostable meta-searchengine for public URL-based virtual worlds.
XR Fragments Funded 2021

NLnet #NGI #EU funds XR URI Fragments by Leon van Kammen. Standardisation of spatial anchors in URI's. Supported by janusweb and adopted by startups like Alkebulan.

Funding FAQ

Q: Do you fund things made with Unity/Unreal?
A: Proprietary things are hard to fund (public money public code). The opensource Godot is going to be your best bet.