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+AFRAME.registerComponent('boot', {
+  init: function ( ) { 
+
+    let scene  = document.querySelector('a-scene').object3D
+
+    // webxros events are optional, but can be listed here 
+    scene.addEventListener('tty', (tty) => {
+      tty.write("hello terminal from XR")
+      tty.on('stdout', (data) => {
+        // react to data being spoken/typed into the terminal
+        // (spatial prompting like 'open foo.gltf', 'component helloworld' e.g.)
+      })
+    })
+
+    console.log("this is the boot component which initializes other components")
+
+  },
+
+});