Meta news & General VR News

[drakulton]

Seems about right.

Meta Quest 3 Software Version Post Fix Questions | Meta Community Forums - 1367842

Hello all,I am attempting to find out if the 4 post fix numbers after the version number determine which features you receive on your headset. The post fix... - 1367842

communityforums.atmeta.com

 

[drakulton]

Smoother Apps, Happier Users: Introducing FrameSync for Meta Horizon OS

Discover FrameSync on Meta Horizon OS: a new frame-timing algorithm that boosts smoothness, cuts stale frames, and lowers motion-to-photon latency.

developers.meta.com

 

[Mariusz]

Smoother Apps, Happier Users: Introducing FrameSync for Meta Horizon OS

Discover FrameSync on Meta Horizon OS: a new frame-timing algorithm that boosts smoothness, cuts stale frames, and lowers motion-to-photon latency.

developers.meta.com

Watched this last night, looks very interesting. From the limited testing he did it was much smoother, which would help with motion sickness and playability/enjoyment of the game.

 

[Tykey]

Watched this last night, looks very interesting. From the limited testing he did it was much smoother, which would help with motion sickness and playability/enjoyment of the game.

Ive implemented this in my Quest 3 app earlier today, did v brief testing, deffo no worse which is good, it could be placebo but it did seem very slightly smoother, hard to say, need a longer test which i will do tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Tykey]

Done more testing, i'd say there are less hiccups in frame rate, less of the sudden/brief FPS drop moments.

 

[drakulton]

Horizon worlds going from Quest headsets on 15th June. It seems more MH Devs are unhappy about it than the users.

Updates to Your Meta Quest Experience in 2026 | Meta Community Forums - 1369435

Earlier this year, we shared an update on our renewed focus for VR and Horizon. We are separating the two platforms so each can grow with greater focus, and... - 1369435

communityforums.atmeta.com

 

[ShiWarrior]

interesting

 

[drakulton]

interesting

It seems meta is a ship adrift, with no captain, a drunk first officer and no rudder. God bless her and all who sail in her (deep ships horn sound)

 

[ShiWarrior]

Practical Smell-O-Vision could soon be coming to a VR headset near you

Despite the many improvements in virtual reality (VR) technology, with realistic visual and auditory content that makes the user feel immersed in the environment, the olfactory sense has not been as faithfully replicated in the medium.

newatlas.com

 

[SimonRigga]

Practical Smell-O-Vision could soon be coming to a VR headset near you

Despite the many improvements in virtual reality (VR) technology, with realistic visual and auditory content that makes the user feel immersed in the environment, the olfactory sense has not been as faithfully replicated in the medium.

newatlas.com

I guess it fits the date..

 

[drakulton]

Practical Smell-O-Vision could soon be coming to a VR headset near you

Despite the many improvements in virtual reality (VR) technology, with realistic visual and auditory content that makes the user feel immersed in the environment, the olfactory sense has not been as faithfully replicated in the medium.

newatlas.com

Watching.certain adult VR content with an opened tin of tuna taped to the underside of the headset gives a similar experience....... So I've been told.

 

[Ravenger]

Infocom did this decades ago with the scratch'n'sniff card included in the Leather Goddesses of Phobos text adventure.

 

[Grim5]

 

[Tykey]

Watched a bit, pretty funny, some valid points, he deffo made some gaffes (zuck did). Still increased the vr userbase by a factor of 10 or more and gave us some excellent affordable headsets.

 

[BigBANGtheory]

Watched a bit, pretty funny, some valid points, he deffo made some gaffes (zuck did). Still increased the vr userbase by a factor of 10 or more and gave us some excellent affordable headsets.

yes he increased the user base but he wants a monopoly, Zuckerberg is a classic narcissist he does not have consumers or the industry health in mind he employed a CTO for the purpose of ownership over people and data

 

[Unseul]

yes he increased the user base but he wants a monopoly, Zuckerberg is a classic narcissist he does not have consumers or the industry health in mind he employed a CTO for the purpose of ownership over people and data

Isn't the aim of most business to be the biggest out there, ideally close to or actually being, a monopoly? I mean that's how you get profits?

Can you suggest a VR manufacturer out there that's not trying to monopolise at least their niche of VR? That's just what business is.

They've driven VR forward by decades compared to what it would have been without them.

 

[LostCorpse]

you suggest a VR manufacturer out there that's not trying to monopolise at least their niche of VR? That's just what business is.

valve

admittedly they need to release it first

 

[Unseul]

valve

admittedly they need to release it first

No... because the steam frame, steam machine, steam deck, steamOS, through SteamVR, selling software on the platform with a 75% share of the market isn't trying to monopolise anything

 

[LostCorpse]

my comment was more aimed at valve stating its aimed at flat screen first instead of VR.

 

[Ravenger]

Facebook/Meta never wanted VR as a gaming platform. They wanted it as the next mobile phone type platform.
Hence they are now pivoting to smart glasses, and the gaming side is being neglected.

Steam has no intentions of being anything other than a gaming platform.