Browsers Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are both planning to add special features in order to allow virtual reality support in their services. This will enable Oculus Rift headset owners to surf the web in a more immersive experience online.

Brandon James of Google explained how developers of websites could include VR features in their Web pages that would let the users experience the featured content, like when checking out clothes for example. He spelled out other possibilities that include data visualization, educational tools, mapping and other similar experiences. Virtual reality also opens wide horizons for online gaming implementation.

An early build of Chrome, Chromium, has been added with the new VR capabilities in order to test the experimental features and fix any bugs. Since it's still in the early testing stage, it might take some time before a stable version is released on Chrome for the rest of its users. Links are provided online for those who have the hardware and would like to try out the technology.

On the other hand, Vladimir Vukićević also wrote about Mozilla Firefox's efforts with VR advancements to support their web browser. In his post, Vukićević discussed the wide possibilities of experiences that can be created and shared between web users. VR services on web browsers can provide a platform for both fun and productivity all within the same browser.

While this new technology is still in its early developmental stage, the tech market can only imagine the potential of combining virtual reality hardware with the Internet and how this will revolutionize online interaction. Gamers, for one, are not unfamiliar with the VR world with several virtual reality gaming experiences having been made available already. But VR web browsing would offer a new experience, as well as changing online surfing as we know it. The technology may still be in its early development and it may not be finalized soon but it won't be too far ahead in the future either.