Microsoft and Meta jointly announced in October last year that they would bring Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Windows 365 to the Meta Quest virtual reality device, and it was not until last Wednesday (12/13) that Microsoft finally released it on the Meta Quest Store. OutXbox Cloud Gamingand the next day it launched support for Meta QuestWord、ExcelandPowerPoint。
Among them, Word, Excel and PowerPoint support all Meta Quest devices, from the early Meta Quest, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 to the highest-end Meta Quest Pro. Xbox Cloud Gaming only supports Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro.
Xbox Cloud Gaming, which appears in the Meta Quest Store, is still a beta version. After downloading, Meta Quest users can first pair it with a Bluetooth game controller, then log in to a Microsoft account and run the game through a valid Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, or Sign up to try Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Players can browse and play hundreds of games in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with 4 screen sizes to choose from.
The Word, Excel and PowerPoint running on the Meta Quest device are derived from Office web programs and can be used for free. To perform more complex functions, you must subscribe to Microsoft 365.
According to tests by “Android Central”, running the above-mentioned Office program on a Meta Quest device can open multiple files at once. It can track the user’s gestures and also supports Bluetooth-connected mice and keyboards.
With Apple’s first mixed reality (MR) head-mounted device, Apple Vision Pro, set to be released in the first half of next year, the VR/AR/MR device market is expected to see a new scene next year, according to market research institutionsCounterpoint’s survey for the second quarter of this yearthe market is currently led by Meta with a market share of 50%, followed by Sony with 28%.
Regarding the upcoming competition from Apple, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg once expressed confidence to employees, pointing out that Vision Pro does not have any magical solutions to the challenges faced by the Meta Quest team, but is equipped with a better A high-resolution display, and all the technology to power it, makes it more expensive, requires more power, and requires batteries and cables to use, but Meta wants to make sure everyone can afford it. products launched by the company.
The Apple Vision Pro is priced at $3,499, Meta’s highest-end Meta Quest Pro is $1,499, and the Meta Quest with 128GB storage is $499.
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