Ray-Ban Meta AI and more looks to be coming to Quest soon

Ray-Ban Meta AI and more looks to be coming to Quest soon

What you need to know Meta Quest update v66 is now in beta testing for folks enrolled in the PTC channel. VR analyst Luna found several new features in testing including Ray-Ban Meta AI, a wrist button, a resizable virtual keyboard, groundwork for more realistic avatars, and more. Hardware improvements include more granular brightness adjustment …

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A Virtual Reality Headset Into The Mind Of A Starving Twenty-Something Fighting For Their Life On The Changas

A Virtual Reality Headset Into The Mind Of A Starving Twenty-Something Fighting For Their Life On The Changas

Every coach has a star pupil. For Mickey Goldmill, it was Rocky Balboa. For Mr. Miyagi, it was the Karate Kid. And for Matt Myers, we think it’s Levi Slawson. But Matt doesn’t pick favorites, even when we prodded him… “I’m not falling for that one,” Matt laughed, “two of my pupils are former CT’ers …

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Vision Pro Fatigue: My Journey from Wow to Nah

Vision Pro Fatigue: My Journey from Wow to Nah

Not going to lie, having the opportunity to get up close and personal with the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro makes me feel all kinds of blessed. Well, it’s the top-of-the-line mixed reality (oh sorry, spatial headset) out there right now. And, as of May 4, I have officially completed a month with it. From goosebumps …

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Another Reason Why It Actually Just Needs Google Play

Another Reason Why It Actually Just Needs Google Play

Meta CTO Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the company would “love” to have some sort of Discord integration on Quest in the future, pending interest from Discord, that is—once again highlighting the fact that Quest really just needs Google Play. Meta isn’t exactly throwing its weight around to tempt Discord into supporting the Quest platform, although …

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Microsoft and Meta to ‘deepen partnership’ with ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ on Quest

Microsoft and Meta to ‘deepen partnership’ with ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ on Quest

At Microsoft’s Build developer conference the company announced it was bringing Windows Volumetric apps to Quest, which Microsoft calls a way to “extend Windows apps into 3D space.” Pavan Davuluri, head of Windows and Devices at Microsoft, announced on stage at Build the company was “deepening [its] partnership with Meta to make Windows a first class …

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Streamed ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ Announced For Quest

Streamed ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ Announced For Quest

Microsoft announced Windows Volumetric Apps, a new API for extending 3D elements of PC applications streamed to Meta Quest into 3D space. “We’re deepening our partnership with Meta to make Windows a first-class experience on Quest devices. And Windows can take advantage of Quest’s unique capabilities to extend Windows apps into 3D space.” The new …

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