I have been working on Hubs from the beginning (September 2017), and want to share a few observations/hypotheses behind the project. Natural conversations requ

I have been working on Hubs from the beginning (September 2017), and want to share a few observations/hypotheses behind the project. Natural conversations require space: - Space affords directed non-verbal communication. Unlike video calls (where gestures are broadcasted), space enables an implicit understanding of where people are directing their gestures and attention. - Space allows participants to navigate between simultaneous streams of conversation. This is especially important for events with many people. Contrast turn-taking in video calls with simultaneous talking around a picnic table. - Mixed media, social presence, and a shared spatial awareness combine into a utility as fundamentally useful (and important) as video, voice, or text-based communication. The web is well-positioned to be the go-to decentralized, media-rich "spatial conversation" medium. - This blog post [0] goes into more detail. The "minimum viable metaverse" enables permissionless innovation and participation. - No single organization (Mozilla included) will contribute more than a small fraction of the total utility of the so-called "metaverse". - Mozilla's goal isn't to "directly" compete with Meta or other "metaverse" platforms. - Mozilla's goal is to build enabling technology so that spatial conversation, online identity, avatar-based representation, etc remains open and accessible to all. By the way, we are looking to hire a lead front-end dev [1], with more positions to follow later this year. [0] https://gfodor.medium.com/the-secret-mozilla-hubs-master-plan-2c1364033bec https://gfodor.medium.com/the-secret-mozilla-hubs-master-pla... [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/3745257/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/3745257/