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The Horizon Worlds app will soon receive a web version. So far, the platform is only accessible through the company’s virtual reality headset. Half. With the novelty, users who want to live an immersive experience in the metaverse will no longer need virtual reality glasses and will be able to access the environment via computers and mobile phones, using a shareable link. The announcement was made this Tuesday (11) during Meta Connect, the company’s annual conference. Big tech, however, hasn’t revealed a launch date.
The goal is to expand the Horizon Worlds experience beyond virtual reality by expanding the connectivity between users. “Making these virtual worlds accessible via any device requires the ability to connect people on another level,” Meta said in a statement.
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The company acknowledged that the web experience will be more limited as it removes some of the interaction possibilities offered by virtual reality. For Meta, however, the launch of the web version is “a gateway to a whole new population of developers, creators and people” and, also, a way to approach the platforms that already provide immersive experiences no requirements for headphones, eg The sandbox, Roblox and decentralizing.
In addition to facilitating access to the metaverse, Meta is also working to improve the integration between Horizon Worlds and its other platforms. During the conference, the company also announced that it will be possible to record videos in a virtual environment and share them as Reels on Instagram, opening up new ways to create and share content. However, Meta did not disclose when the feature will be available or how it will work.
Horizon Worlds is rejected by Meta employees themselves
Despite the growing investments, the project that carried out the facebook changes its name it doesn’t seem to go very well. According to the notes obtained from the portal The border As of October 6, Horizon Worlds is experiencing instability issues and even the company’s employees don’t want to use the platform.
“We don’t spend much time on Horizon, and our dogfooding panels show that clearly,” says Vishal Shah, vice president in charge of the metaverse, according to a document obtained by The Verge. “Why? Why don’t we love the product we build so much that we always use it? The simple truth is, if we don’t love it, how can we expect our users to love it?”
In August, a selfie of Mark Zuckerberg’s avatar in the metaverse became an Internet joke due to poor graphics quality, which is far below the expectations of a company the size of Meta. Regular and experienced users have criticized the childish of the traits, their delayed appearance and also the lack of detail of light and shadow.
After the memes, Zuckerberg posted an improved avatar photo. “I know the photo I posted earlier this week was pretty straightforward – it was taken very quickly to celebrate the release,” the executive wrote in the post caption. He further stated that the graphics “are capable of much more” and that Horizon Worlds is “improving rapidly”.
with information from The border
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