Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset will receive the Horizon Home as part of a new update. This feature helps users create their own environment without using third-party apps.
The CEO said in his Facebook post late on Friday, “Met up with legendary climber Alex Honnold in the new Horizon Home, launching with Quest v41 update to bring presence into your virtual home as soon as you put on your headset.”
He further said, “Invite friends to hang out, watch videos together, or jump into apps right from your virtual home. More options to customize your home space currently in development.”
Zuckerberg demonstrated the new features in a video with free climber Honnold. "Watching Alex climb with Alex's avatar in VR was pretty meta," Zuckerberg commented. Meta announced last month that it would integrate Horizon Venues, an app for attending live events in virtual reality, with its flagship social VR platform, Horizon Worlds.
The Horizon Worlds Metaverse social platform is currently only available on the company's Quest VR headset. Meta is also working on four new virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets that will be released by 2024.