Topic: Horizon OS
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Meta Halts Third-Party VR Headset Plans, Scrapping Asus & Lenovo Devices
Meta has suspended its Horizon OS licensing strategy, halting partnerships with Asus and Lenovo to focus internally on its own premium VR hardware and software. This reversal is driven by competitive pressures from Apple's Vision Pro and Google's Android XR, which challenge Meta's ecosystem and p...
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Horizon OS Update: Rebuilt Home, Windows 11 Link & More
The update enhances personalization with a customizable Home environment and mixed reality features, allowing users to pin apps and place interactive objects in their physical space. It introduces a rebuilt Horizon Central as a more vibrant social hub, supporting more users, faster navigation, an...
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Meta's Horizon OS Headsets: Third-Party Launch Still on the Horizon
Meta is expanding its Horizon OS beyond its own Quest headsets to offer a more open alternative to Apple's Vision OS, with third-party devices still in development. Initial partners include ASUS, developing a high-performance gaming headset, and Lenovo, focusing on productivity and education devi...
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Meta Halts Horizon VR Headsets for Third-Party Makers
Meta has paused its plan to license its Horizon OS VR operating system to third-party hardware makers, refocusing on developing its own first-party hardware and software. The decision reverses a recently announced open-platform strategy aimed at expanding the VR ecosystem through partnerships wit...
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Meta Connect 2025 & Inaugural LlamaCon: What to Expect in AI and XR
Meta Connect, Meta’s annual developer conference, is a marquee event for tech enthusiasts, developers, and metaverse creators. In 2025, the conference will take place on September 17-18, promising groundbreaking updates…
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Windows 11's Vision Pro-style remote desktop launches on Quest 3
Microsoft's virtual desktop feature for Meta Quest headsets is now broadly available, enabling users to project their Windows 11 environment into mixed reality and transform multi-monitor setups into a curved ultrawide display. Setup requires downloading the Mixed Reality Link app on a Windows PC...
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Watch Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Connect 2025 Keynote Live
Mark Zuckerberg will deliver Meta's Connect keynote, focusing on AI and metaverse updates, including AI glasses and immersive digital experiences. Meta is expected to unveil upgraded smart glasses with integrated displays, as hinted by a leaked video and collaboration with Oakley. The event will ...
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Meta's New Smart Glasses Launch This Week: Here's What to Expect
Meta's Connect conference will highlight new smart glasses with an embedded display controlled by gesture-detecting wristbands, alongside AI and metaverse updates. The smart glasses, developed under Project Hypernova, use sEMG technology for precise hand gesture control and are expected to retail...
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Meta Connect 2025: Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Hypernova & More Revealed
Meta Connect 2025 will introduce new AI-integrated hardware, including updated smart glasses with enhanced features like waveguide displays and a neural wristband for intuitive control. The event will highlight expanded software capabilities, such as a new SDK for third-party development and gene...
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Meta CTO Hints at Connect 2025 Highlights
Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth teased major updates in wearables, AI, and metaverse software at Meta Connect 2025, sparking speculation about the company’s next innovations. Meta’s rumored smart glasses, codenamed Celeste, will feature a heads-up display and gesture-control wristband, targeting premi...
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