Meta’s massive OS announcement is more exciting than a Meta Quest 4 reveal, and VR will never be the same again

[ad_1] Meta has announced that its Meta Horizon OS will no longer be exclusive to its Quest headsets (such as the incredible Meta Quest 3), and this might be the most important news we’ll see in the XR space this decade. It’s an announcement I’ve been expecting for years – for reasons I’ll outline below … Read more

Meta teases a limited-edition Quest headset inspired by Xbox

[ad_1] Meta announced it’s opening up the Quest’s operating system to third-party companies, allowing them to build headsets of their own. The Quest OS is being rebranded to Meta Horizon OS and already has two companies interested. ASUS’ Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand is working on new “performance gaming” headsets, while Lenovo’s focus is on … Read more

Meta Quest’s software is coming to new Asus ROG and Lenovo headsets

[ad_1] It’s a big day for Quest users. Meta has announced it’s giving third-party companies open access to its headsets’ operating system to expand the technology. The tech giant wants developers to take the OS, expand into other frontiers, and accomplish two main goals: give consumers more choice in the virtual reality gaming market and … Read more

Meta Expands VR Operating System to Third-Party Hardware Makers

[ad_1] 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 … Read more

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

[ad_1] 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 … Read more

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

[ad_1] 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, … Read more

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

[ad_1] 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 … Read more

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

[ad_1] 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 … Read more

Meta scales up its AI chatbot experiment in India and Africa

[ad_1] 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’ … Read more