The Quest 3 is getting a slew of recent options — a lot so that you simply may as effectively name it the Quest 3.5.
According to a new Meta weblog publish, the social media tech big is rolling out a brand new replace referred to as “v60.” It’s set to ship game-changing perks designed to enhance your digital actuality expertise.
3 new updates coming to Quest VR headsets
Meta’s v60 replace can be rolling out to Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets.
Meta Quest 3 is not the one headset getting an improve.
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Read on to seek out out which new options the head-mounted shows are getting.
1. Performance improve
Meta is delivering higher efficiency to the Quest Pro by permitting increased clock speeds for the machine’s CPU and GPU, notably whereas operating mixed-reality purposes. Here’s what this implies for you:
The CPU is reportedly 34% quicker
The GPU is reportedly 19% quicker
Smooth-running apps whereas utilizing mixed-reality
Better responsiveness
This uptick in efficiency is a characteristic that builders will profit from, too, so fingers crossed that the Quest Pro will get some new apps that benefit from the additional enhance.
2. New houses
The “residence” setting in Quest is the place you hang around earlier than you launch an app. It’s additionally a spot the place you possibly can chill with buddies and watch Quest TV. You may also use it as a launching pad for diving into multiplayer video games with different Quest customers.
Now, on high of hanging residence environments which might be already accessible to Quest customers, Meta is including three extra:
Blue Hill Gold Mine
Blue Hill Gold Mine residence setting for Quest
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Storybook
Storybook residence setting in Quest
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Lakeside Peak
Lakeside Peak residence setting inside Quest.
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Lakeside Peak is extra my pace. Which one is your favourite?
As a cherry on high, Meta can be enhancing Boundary, the characteristic that visually tells you — with an illuminated grid — the border between your play area and the hurdles in your setting. Speaking from expertise, with the Quest 2, you typically should redraw the Boundary, which might get annoying.
Fortunately, with v60, Meta introduced that “you may spend much less time redrawing boundaries,” due to some new cloud-computing capabilities. However, you may have to share your level cloud knowledge with Meta to decide into this new replace.
3. Find out what you and different Quest customers have in widespread
A brand new characteristic referred to as “Profile Power-Up” makes it simpler so that you can uncover what you and different customers have in widespread.
The Profile Power-Up UI.
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For instance, whenever you go to different customers’ profiles, you possibly can see shared experiences and connections (e.g., mutual buddies and apps you’ve got explored). If that is too revealing to your tastes, don’t be concerned, you can also make this data non-public.
Meta is rolling v60 out now. “If you do not see v60 replace but, stay clam,” the weblog publish mentioned. “It’s on its means and needs to be in your digital palms quickly.”
