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It is currently about the same size as the original Firefox Reality team. As a result of this work, we approached Mozilla about our interests. Last year we demonstrated an Android port of a WPE-based browser, including one which ran on an XR device through a fork of Mozilla Research Lab’s Firefox Reality. We’ve been interested in the XR space for the last few years for example, we did a lot of work on XR support in WebKit (see Who is funding Igalia?, above).

It was actually the other way around: Igalia came to Mozilla. Igalia has also committed to some multi-year funding of its own. Some of those organizations have committed to multi-year funding, and we are in talks with more.

Given a demonstrable idea, we began talking to companies in the XR space with an interest in having an open source browser. We’ve discussed numerous opportuniuties, and last year demonstrated an experiment based on Firefox Reality (see Why did Mozilla choose Igalia?, below). Igalia has been investing in the XR space for the last few years. We are able to do this and build a team around a diverse combination of investments, which in turn makes WebKit better and helps the larger web ecosystem remain healthier. Igalia is also the maintainer of a few official WebKit ports, including WPEWebkit, which powers millions of devices. Very often we are able to find good alignments with client work.

Igalia itself re-invests in things we feel are important, but that we think under-served or else very, very interesting. We think that is not only good for businesses, developers, and users, but fundamentally useful to the long term health of the Web. Igalia’s model expands the ability for investment into the web platform and web engines. Igalia works on a lot of things, from graphic drivers to multimedia, as well as the web platform.

Some of our contracts allow or encourage us to discuss the work others do not. Generally speaking, Igalia is funded by a wide variety clients. Last updated: Questions about Igalia, funding, and the team behind Wolvic Who is funding Igalia?