Meta Expands VR Operating System to Third-Party Hardware Makers

Meta Expands VR Operating System to Third-Party Hardware Makers

Facebook parent company Meta today announced the upcoming expansion of Meta Horizon OS, a virtual and augmented reality operating system that will be available to third-party hardware manufacturers that want to design their own headsets. Right now, Meta sells the Quest line of headsets, but the company wants to provide the software for third-party VR … Read more

The Meta Quest 2 has received another permanent price drop to just $199

The Meta Quest 2 has received another permanent price drop to just 9

The Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset has just received another staggering – and permanent – price drop. As detailed in an official Meta blog post, those who have been holding out on Meta Quest 2 can now purchase the 128GB model for $199 / £199, either from Meta’s own website or at online retailers … Read more

Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

Meta for its AI assistant platform, Meta AI, which has been built using the long-awaited open source Llama 3 large language model (LLM). The company says it’s “now the most intelligent AI assistant you can use for free.” As for use case scenarios, the company touts the ability to help users study for tests, plan … Read more

Meta rolls out new Meta AI website, and it might just bury Microsoft and Google’s AI dreams

Meta rolls out new Meta AI website, and it might just bury Microsoft and Google’s AI dreams

Meta AI is getting a new upgrade as Meta tries to establish dominance in the generative AI marketplace against OpenAI and Google. The announcement came from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself on Threads, where he touted some stats and details about the new Llama 3 model used to underpin Meta AI, which is being integrated … Read more

YouTube can stream 8K videos to your Meta Quest 3 – even though its displays aren’t 8K

YouTube can stream 8K videos to your Meta Quest 3 – even though its displays aren’t 8K

Following news that Meta’s Quest 3’s getting some big mixed reality upgrades including an AI that can recognize furniture and improved passthrough quality, there’s yet another improvement on the way this time for one of my favorite Quest apps: YouTube. That’s because the VR version of the video-sharing platform now supports 8K video playback on … Read more

Meta scales up its AI chatbot experiment in India and Africa

Meta scales up its AI chatbot experiment in India and Africa

After officially entering the AI game in September 2023, Meta just scaled up its AI chatbot experiment. Some WhatsApp users have been able to play around with the company’s new AI assistant for a while now, and Meta’s AI upgrade was first introduced in beta in November last year. More functionalities appeared on users’ search … Read more

Meta crams its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs

Meta crams its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs

Instagram got a surprise visitor. Meta AI, the company’s AI-powered chatbot that can answer questions, write poetry and generate images with a simple text prompt, is up in your DMs. Meta warned that Meta AI was coming and has spent the last few months adding the chatbot to products like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. We … Read more

Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs

Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs

On Friday, people around the web noticed a new addition to their Instagram: Meta AI, the company’s general-purpose, AI-powered chatbot that can answer questions, write poetry and generate images with a simple text prompt. The move isn’t surprising. Meta revealed Meta AI in September 2023 and has spent the last few months adding the chatbot … Read more