According to rumors this week, Meta has made numerous substantial modifications to its immersive platform with its v60 version, which will be rolled out across its family of product portfolios.
The updates began on December 4 and affect the Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 3 virtual reality (VR) headsets.
v60 is coming. Here’s what’s new:
🏠 New Horizon Home Environments
⚡ Quest Performance Updates
🎨 New Profile Design
📐 Boundary and Space ImprovementsBlog here: https://t.co/6gyRZjFvf6
Full Details Below ⤵️
— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) December 4, 2023
It has, however, begun eliminating Android and iOS alerts, thereby divorcing Meta’s HMDs from messaging on smartphones and other devices.
This comes only two years after Meta added the messaging function, which stopped players from referring to their smartphones while playing.
Some Meta headsets, like as the Quest 2, cannot check owing to poor passthrough quality, however the Quest 3 and Pro can display full-color passthrough in the field of vision (FoV).
Additional Meta v60 Updates
New Home Environments: New home settings, such as the Blue Hill Gold Mine and Lakeside Peak, have been added to the Meta Horizon Home interface.
Common Interests: On the Horizon platform, users may meet other people with similar interests and develop communities. Users can choose how their information is shown to others.
Meta is adding a few new home environments to choose from in the V60 update
One of them, Lakeside Peak, feels very similar to what Apple has been showcasing as virtual environments for their HMD pic.twitter.com/rIjxRgpMoA
— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) December 4, 2023
CPU-GPU Overclocking: Meta will allow users to clock their central and graphics processing units (CPU/GPU) when operating mixed reality (MR) applications.
This improves the quality of app experiences and increases reaction times for user interfaces (UI), increasing CPUs by up to 34% and GPUs by roughly 19% above default settings.
Cloud Computing for Boundaries: Finally, the Meta Quest family will offer cloud computing to enhance how devices remember boundaries.
Users are normally needed to define boundaries in order to safeguard their bodies from unintended collisions with immovable objects on the ground. People will be able to recall their real spaces more readily while visiting and engaging with virtual settings thanks to the new functionality.
v57 Removes Boundaries for Mixed Reality Gameplay
The v60 version follows the Menlo Park-based company’s v57 release, which included a slew of changes. Meta provided its consumers with numerous major upgrades to improve the operation of their headsets ahead of the Meta Connect 2023 event in September.
For example, it let users to play with mixed reality functionalities for the first time, which it considerably improved for Quest 3 devices. This enabled Meta to demonstrate their MR passthrough for ‘untethered’ virtual experiences that mix people’s physical and virtual worlds.
If Meta continues to improve its passthrough capabilities, it may be able to remove barriers from most mixed reality experiences, allowing for more inventive gaming.
v51 for Meta Quest Devices
Before the Meta v60 update experimented with messaging and v57 with passthrough, it also began tweaking other security-related features for the Quest Pro.
Local dimming support for the Meta Quest Pro and more Public Test Channel (PTC) functionality were among the significant changes.
Its most significant improvement was that beginning on June 30, developers were obliged to create apps that were compatible with Android 12L. The drive simplified Android developer app creation and an attempt to enable better interoperability for existing and future games.
Smartphones running Android 13 might benefit from improved security and user experience with Android 12L. This might potentially fully use the Quest Pro’s Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 CPU, a business XR standard for headsets and devices.
Furthermore, quest would mandate security warnings on test result pages for current applications that fail to run Android 12L before the June 30 deadline.
