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We all spent way too much time staring at our hands and testing the limits of the Quest 2's finger tracking capabilities (for the record, rolling your hands over each other like a wannabe raver can easily scramble things).Įven though I was in a swanky virtual room, with a stylized deer head wearing VR goggles on the wall, and ceiling-tall windows overlooking expansive lake and mountain rage somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, sitting desk-side with others felt vaguely normal. I shouted hello to CNET's Scott Stein, who was sitting a few seats away, and his audio sounded appropriately far off. I waved to a PR rep, and as I struggled to unmute myself, I was able to throw a thumbs up to confirm I was hearing her. After that, I customized a goofy avatar - an idealized version of myself with purple hair and no beer belly - and mapped out the edge of my desk so Workrooms can accurately place me in front of virtual tables.Īs soon as I hopped into my Horizon Workrooms demo, it was instantly clear why Oculus recommended hand-tracking. Outside of demos for that feature, I can't think of any Oculus apps that have done the same. Once I booted it up in VR, I was surprised that it recommended putting my controllers down and enabling the Quest 2's hand-tracking.
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After creating a Workrooms account, I installed the PC companion app and the Workrooms Quest 2 app. But when it was running smoothly, it was the closest I've felt to being in an live meeting since March of last year.īut let me start from the beginning. There were a few connection issues, avatar glitches and at one point I got booted out entirely.
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Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it.Īfter spending an hour in a Horizon Workrooms demo, it's clear that Facebook still has plenty of work left to do. The goal is to help you feel like you’re with another person, convincing your brain you’re there more so than with a FaceTime video callįacebook’s AR glasses don’t exist yet, but the timetable is 3-5 years and it’ll be pretty expensive when it’s availableįuture AR glasses will take time to work their way down to hundreds of dollars.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Zuckerberg wants to provide real-time translation of your movement through an avatar and emphasized seeing Rogan’s lobby during a mixed reality demo
Rogan said he was impressed with eye contact and facial expression tracking – even when he moved his jaw, the on-screen avatar mimicked him Zuckerberg says his goal is to help people connect and offer presence with AR Here are some quick takeaways from the podcast: This is no surprise as Meta’s F8 conference in the spring of this year was canceled to focus on Connect. That’s when Zuckerberg dropped the announcement that the headset will be “coming out in October” at the company’s Connect conference.
Very impressive,” said Rogan, who apparently got a demo of the new VR headset before the three-hour video podcast interview began. He confirmed the news on the most recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, spilling some key details. Meta’s next Quest headset will be coming out in October, according to Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. 🤼♂️ It’ll rival the ‘early 2023’-bound PS5-compatible PSVR 2 from Sony 💰 Price: Likely to be expensive Meta Quest 2’s price just increased to $399 🥽 What: Meta’s new VR headset with more face tracking and mixed reality 🎙️ Who: Mark Zuckerberg spilled some details on Joe Rogan’s podcast 📆 When: Meta’s Connect conference is when its next VR headset will launch
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