No one asked for this, but you can share Horizon Worlds videos to Instagram Reels

October 11, 2022

Huge news for, like, five people: you can take videos on Horizon Worlds and share them to Facebook and Instagram Reels, Meta’s TikTok clone. At today’s Meta Connect event, the company formerly known as Facebook announced this new way to share content from Horizon Worlds, Meta’s flagship social VR app. Despite launching about a year […]

No one asked for this, but you can share Horizon Worlds videos to Instagram Reels by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s next enterprise push is into the metaverse

October 11, 2022

Earlier this year, when we covered the news that Meta had signed on fast food giant McDonald’s as a customer for Workplace, the B2B service that was originally conceived as a Facebook for enterprises, we noted that Workplace the product had, curiously, been moved into a larger “Reality Labs” division to bring it closer to […]

Meta’s next enterprise push is into the metaverse by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro

October 11, 2022

At Meta Connect 2022, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s latest virtual reality headset, but after years of striving to bring down the cost-of-entry to the VR world, the newly announced Quest Pro appears to be all about pushing technical boundaries. The new device shares the Quest name, but has little in common with the […]

Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch

Among Us is coming to the Meta Quest 2 on November 10

October 11, 2022

Among Us may have had its heyday two full years ago, but Meta isn’t counting out 2020’s hottest multiplayer whodunnit. Today during its big VR developer event, Meta announced that the indie game will hit the Meta Quest 2 on November 10. Meta first announced Among Us back in April, promising that the game would […]

Among Us is coming to the Meta Quest 2 on November 10 by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Meta partners with NBCUniversal to bring you into “The Office”

October 11, 2022

We already know that Meta wants us to go to the office in in virtual reality — but what about The Office? As part of a multi-year partnership with NBCUniversal, NBCUniversal’s streaming app Peacock is coming to the Meta Quest virtual reality headset. “Starting next year, Meta and NBCU will co-create experiences around The Office, […]

Meta partners with NBCUniversal to bring you into “The Office” by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s Quest Store hits $1.5 billion in total revenue to date

October 11, 2022

While outside research data suggests that the number of VR headsets being shipped over the past couple years has surged, the release of new VR titles hasn’t always kept pace. Today at its Connect event, Meta showcased some new data on the performance of the titles in its Quest Store. Meta shared that over $1.5 […]

Meta’s Quest Store hits $1.5 billion in total revenue to date by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch

Snapchat now lets you virtually try on and buy Halloween costumes directly within its app

October 11, 2022

Snapchat is rolling out a new AR experience that lets you try on and purchase Halloween costumes directly within its app, the company announced today. Starting today, Snapchat users can try on and buy costumes of popular movie and TV characters from Stranger Things, Harry Potter, Squid Game, Minecraft, Ghostbusters and more. The new AR […]

Snapchat now lets you virtually try on and buy Halloween costumes directly within its app by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch