Starting this week, Meta will be rolling out Horizon Home as part of a Quest v41 update for the VR headset. Quest 2. It is an evolution of the Home space to emphasize a VR as a social platform and by extension a welcome in the metaverse.
” Horizon Home is the new space integrated into Horizon, our social platform that allows everyone to interact and find their place in the metaverse. “, Meta said last October at the Connect 2021 event.
” You will be able to invite your friends to join you in Horizon Home. You will be able to chat, watch videos, play games and use apps together. […] In the future, everyone will be able to create and personalize their space more easily. Your corner of the metaverse must above all represent you. “
Horizon Home on demo with Mark Zuckerberg
Founder and boss of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg evokes a personal virtual house with Horizon Home and stages his avatar with that of the American professional climber Alex Honnold. They discuss and then dive into a 360° filmed sequence of the climber climbing a cliff in the Dolomites.
Until now and with avatars, Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues allowed users to interact and create universes, to access concerts and sporting events. Horizon Home thus transforms the Quest’s hosting experience, which was previously solitary.
” More options to personalize your home space are under development “, emphasizes Mark Zuckerberg.
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