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Meta’s Hyperscape Turns Your Space Into A VR Meeting Room
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Meta announced that users of its “Hyperscape” room-capture platform will soon be able to invite others to join them inside their spaces in VR.
Why It Hits: A few years ago, Meta hoped its metaverse ambitions with Horizon would take off — but it turns out not many people enjoyed being immersed in fully digital worlds. Hyperscape is an attempt to balance the digital-avatar side of the metaverse with realistic renderings of physical spaces people actually feel connected to. And now that you can invite friends over, maybe the metaverse isn’t quite dead yet.
Behind The Code: Hyperscape — which uses the Meta Quest 3 or Quest 3S to scan and enter digital versions of real spaces — doesn’t want you hanging out alone anymore.
Meta announced that users will be able to host up to eight people in their spaces at a time.
It will add on-device rendering and audio capabilities to Hyperscape, so you can actually talk to your friends… instead of just shifting awkwardly on the couch.
The feature is rolling out slowly to users, and people will need to rescan their spaces to make them shareable.
Final Render: Letting people host others inside their virtual rooms gives Meta’s broader metaverse ambitions a small boost. And if Meta adds the ability to play games or watch movies within your VR space, maybe long-distance friendships will get an update, too.
The Future: We know Meta loves its influencers, so Hyperscape may be the beginning of “roomfluencers” — creators who augment their physical spaces with digital elements. It looks like life could mirror The Sims rather than the other way around.
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