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Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame.

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2.2KGitHub stars
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Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-04-13 00:11:44 UTC to 2023-12-29 10:37:39 UTC.

0122020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023

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20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Sounds like they have this huge pile of cash and can't think of a way to improve Firefox with it in any way that seems gee whizz enough. They tried hopping on Blockchain train and ended up jumping back off after getting roasted by JWZ [0] "we are reviewing if and how our current policy on crypto donations fits with our climate goals. ... [although] decentralized web technology continues to be an important area for us to explore." I guess AI is gee whizz enough to escape the Planet Burning argument for now. A piece of software - with climate goals. They had a stab at VR with Mozilla Hubs [1] - and copied off Meta by also not including legs in the avatars! Your personal Hub for only $10 a month. Judging by the code commits it is, er, stable [2]. No-one explained how a GPU driven chatroom meets the climate goals! Imagine if they put all that
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In Mozilla 2023 annual report: CEO pay skyrockets, Firefox market share nosedives
I'd like to run Hubs Cloud on premises (my own home), but it's currently only offered as Digital Ocean droplet and Amazon https://hubs.mozilla.com/docs/hubs-cloud-intro.html I found some repositories here and there but it's all dated. I wondered if there is a more recent reticulum docker and installation document I could re-use and found the links below. If anyone has other tips, installation flows/scripts or pointers, feel free to share. https://sophiadigitalart.com/setup-your-own-hubs-server/ https://github.com/mozilla/hubs https://github.com/xr3ngine-archive/mozilla-hubs-docker https://gitlab.nautilus.optiputer.net/ar-noc/mozilla-hubs-do...
In Social virtual spaces with Elixir at Mozilla

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