Will virtual reality headsets change how we watch live sports in the future? It’s been widely publicized that Meta (formerly FaceBook) has invested a ton of money throughout the years trying to get people to adopt their VR headsets and become a part of their “Metaverse.” Apple, one of Meta’s biggest competitors in the space, […]
Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset's operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time, it said on Monday, as it works to extend its influence over the emerging virtual and mixed reality industry. The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Horizon OS, a rebranded operating system that brings capabilities like gesture recognition, passthrough, scene understanding and spatial anchors to the devices that run on it, the company...
The surprise Meta Horizon OS announcement sets it up as VR’s Windows – and that’s both a great and terrible thing.
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Meta Platforms unveiled a plan to open up its Quest headset operating system to third-party hardware companies, in an attempt to increase adoption of AR/VR applications and services.
Meta Platforms teased a scheme to launch an education product later this year for its mixed reality Quest devices.
Meta's operating system is now open for any company to use, and both Asus ROG and Lenovo are working on new hardware that will run it.
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YouTube now offers 8K streaming quality to the Meta Quest experience. The latest version of YouTube for Quest offers 8K quality streaming to the Meta wearables, significantly improving the users' watching experience on the headset.
At its new price point, Meta's previous-generation headset is a great deal for anyone just getting started with VR.
Last September witnessed what used to be a truly rare weather phenomenon: a Mediterranean hurricane, or “medicane.” Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea simply didn’t get hot enough to produce hurricanes more than every few hundred (yes, few hundred!) years. In this case, however, Storm Daniel assaulted Libya with a biblical-style deluge for four More
Meta's upcoming offerings feature a dedicated hub for educational apps and the capacity to efficiently manage multiple headsets concurrently, eliminating the necessity for individual updates.