Meta’s funding of XR bears fruit as Quest gets exclusive new capabilities

Meta has spent billions of Dollars and lots of years funding the growth of XR (Extended Reality). CEO Mark Zuckerberg is convinced that this is the future of computing, and so the company keeps experimenting. Now the Meta Quest headsets, and Horizon OS in general, have just gotten a revolutionary new set of tools.

Godot Engine, a game development engine like Unity and Unreal, has now gotten a VR version that doesn’t require a PC. Meta started funding this project months ago and the result is an engine that you can work in without ever having to take off your Meta Quest 3. And because Meta made Horizon OS available to third parties, any future XR devices running on Horizon can also use Godot.

The biggest advantage of Godot in VR is the fact that you won’t have to switch between your desktop and your headset to preview your game. With everything happening inside VR you’re able to keep an eye on things every second of development.

Another really cool feature is the ability to switch between development and playing the game instantaneously. And if you’re developing a flat screen game you can test it in a virtual window while the editor remains open in another.