During today's Meta Connect event, the Facebook company announced some exciting new features coming to Quest users with an upcoming Horizon OS update. Let's check them out!
Virtual desktop – connect to your Windows PC from your Quest headset seamlessly
The Meta Quest will get a Virtual Desktop-like feature built-in
"Quest is going to be a natural extension of your PC", Zuck said, as he showcased this particularly exciting new feature, coming soon to a Quest near you.
As most of you Quest users likely know, the Virtual Desktop app has been a popular choice for people wanting to connect to their PC and use their headset as an AR, virtual display for it.
Well, it seems like Meta has plans to overthrow the paid Virtual Desktop app most of us use, by introducing its own, free option, coming soon. And according to Mark Zuckerberg, it will support not just one, but multiple virtual displays, in augmented reality, for your Windows PC.
Dolby Atmos is coming to the Quest
Dolby Atmos support for the Quest was announced during Meta Connect 2024
Dolby Atmos support is also coming to the Meta Quest soon. We can expect more immersive audio while watching movies and TV shows on our headsets.
Exciting, considering the Quest's speakers are already quite excellent.
Rebuilt social apps for mixed reality
Meta also announced that it has rebuilt some of its primary Quest apps, including Facebook Messenger and Instagram, giving them mixed reality support.
This essentially means you'll be able to use these while still seeing the real world around you (via Passthrough), and better multi-window support.
Horizon Hyperscape (US-only for now)
One of the example spaces Meta showcased
This feature will let you use your phone to scan physical spaces, generate photorealistic virtual representations of them, then explore and share those through your Meta headset. Plus, obviously you'd also be able to visit countless of other people's captured spaces too, from all over the world!
Well, kind of. It's going to be a US-only feature, as it seems, but we can expect it to roll out in other regions in the coming months.
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