The expansion is another step towards Meta’s broader metaverse vision.
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3v3 VR Brawler ‘Brazen Blaze’ Gets New Open Beta Test Soon On Quest & Steam
Melee-focused 3v3 VR multiplayer game ‘Brazen Blaze’ starts a new open beta this week on Quest and Steam.
John Carmack Doesn’t Think Providing Horizon OS To Third-Party Headsets Is A Good Idea For Meta
John Carmack just gave his take on Meta’s new strategy of providing its headset OS to third-party hardware companies.
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Visual AI In US & Canada, Video Calling, And New Style Option
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses now have a third style option, first-person view sharing in WhatsApp & Messenger calls, and look-and-ask visual AI in the US & Canada.
Meta Is Working On A Horizon OS “Spatial App Framework” For Porting Apps & Building New Ones
Meta is working on a “spatial app framework” to make it easier to port existing mobile apps to Horizon OS.
Analysis: Meta opens up its walled garden to become the Android of XR
Today a (positive) earthquake hit the virtual reality ecosystem: Meta has just opened up its walled garden, as a strategic move to expand its business in the virtual reality market. It has just authorized other VR OEMs to use its Quest operating system and blurred the lines between the Meta Quest Store and App Lab. […]
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[Industry Direct] Strike Rush: A New Team-Based VR Action Shooter Debuts on Meta Quest
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Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn’t too late”
Meta dropped a major announcement yesterday, saying it plans to allow select partners to build third-party headsets that will run Horizon OS (formerly Quest OS). The news is prompting significant discussion within the XR industry, including from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. Here’s a quick primer for those of you who are newer to XR industry. […]
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Meta Quest Subscriptions Soon to Be Charged in Local Currencies in Scandinavia, Switzerland & New Zealand
If you live in Northern Europe outside of the Eurozone, or in New Zealand, Meta says recurring subscriptions will soon be priced in local currency and not in U.S. dollars. One of the Quest platform’s biggest subscription plans right now is its Meta Quest+ game service, which lets you play a revolving catalogue of Quest […]
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Crew Packs Dragon, Works Neuroscience, and Preps for Spacewalk
Payload operations are underway aboard the International Space Station as a U.S. cargo craft prepares for its return to Earth at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 71 crew continued researching neuroscience and getting ready for the year’s first spacewalk. The four NASA astronauts in the orbital outpost’s U.S. segment spent the first …