The tweak heading for the latest model Quest from Meta-owned
Oculus will let wearers hop into virtual settings with friends, chief Mark
Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook page.
"I'm here to announce the ability to, as soon as you
put on your Quest 2 headset, to have people hang out with you in a social
environment," Zuckerberg said in a video.
The software update will open a door to Horizon World
virtual reality platform that Facebook-parent Meta opened to the public in
North America at the end of last year.
Meta is also working on letting people create their own
virtual worlds where they host gatherings of avatars, Zuckerberg said.
Horizon Worlds is far from a fully realized metaverse, a
future internet where online experiences like chatting to a friend would
eventually feel face-to-face thanks to VR headsets.
But the platform does let people gather online with friends
or others, play games and immerse themselves in 360-degree videos.
Facebook parent Meta earlier this year instituted a minimum
distance between users' avatars in its virtual reality Horizon network after
reports of harassment, one of the thorny issues for its metaverse vision.
The "personal boundary" function in the immersive
platform puts a ring of space around users' digital proxies.
Facebook renamed its parent company to Meta in October to
emphasize its aim to shift from scandal-prone social media platform to its
virtual reality vision for its future.
The firm's metaverse push also includes tools for remote
working, which boomed during the pandemic.
Facebook bought virtual reality headset maker Oculus in
2014.
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