Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that version 67 of Horizon OS is rolling out with an experimental characteristic permitting Quest homeowners to multitask with as much as six digital home windows. As soon as enabled (by going to Settings, then Experimental, and toggling it on), you’ll be capable of dock three home windows in what Meta is asking a “hinged” format whereas freely inserting and resizing as much as three extra wherever you need.
The characteristic is on the market on the Quest Pro, Quest 2, and Quest 3, nevertheless it’s particularly good on the Quest 3 whenever you’re utilizing it in combined actuality mode. The augmented actuality assist is just like the Apple Vision Pro’s expertise. With the extra home windows, Quest homeowners now have extra choices and, according to reports, the flexibility to maneuver additional away with out dropping home windows.
There’s additionally a “Theater View” button that rapidly isolates and enlarges any one of many home windows whereas dimming the others. It really works with the browser, video participant, and different 2D apps and home windows inside Horizon OS.
Meta has additionally added a brand new Horizon Feed part that highlights content material from choose creators like A Wolf in VR and SteveKnows. It’s positioned as a extra sociable strategy to discovering new apps and video games. You’ll be capable of like posts and share them with mates.
Other changes coming in model 67 embrace swipe typing for simpler textual content enter, QR code scanning to arrange Wi-Fi entry (out there solely on the Quest 3), enhancements to eye monitoring efficiency on the Quest Professional, and the flexibility to set durations for Do Not Disturb mode. Maintain checking again should you’re not seeing the replace instantly, as Meta says it’s a gradual rollout.