‘Horizon Worlds’ is Finally Opening Its Doors to New Regions Outside of North America
Meta’s social VR space Horizon Worlds is taking its first step outside of the US and Canada, as the company announced it will soon rollout access to users in the UK. Starting this week, Quest 2 users aged 18 and older in the UK will be able download and jump into chats with users across […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

14. Juni 2022
Meta to Merge ‘Venues’ Event Space into ‘Horizon Worlds’ Social VR Platform
Horizon Worlds is Meta’s social VR platform for Quest 2 and Rift which includes ways for users to explore together, create their own rooms, and play mini-games. The company is making good on its vision to mold the social platform into more of a monolithic metaverse app by folding its live event app Horizon Venues entirely into […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

9. Mai 2022
Watch The First-Ever Spacewalk Captured In VR

Spacewalkers is available now on Oculus TV and Horizon Venues. Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to float through the dark void that is outer space? Well, wonder no more as the immersive content and technology company Felix & Paul Studios has released a new movie featuring the world’s first spacewalk captured […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

1. März 2022
Foo Fighters To Perform VR Concert After The Super Bowl

Catch an exlcusive performance from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers captured in immersive 180-degrees. Believe it or not, Super Bowl LVI 2022 is shaping up to be a significant day for the VR industry. Last week we learned that Meta will be airing a 60-second ad for Meta Quest 2 and Horizon Worlds, […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

7. Februar 2022
Meta Adds New Safety Feature To Horizon Worlds & Venues

Personal Boundary prevents other avatars from encroaching on your personal space. Anyone familiar with online gaming will tell you that the virtual world can be a cruel and unforgiving place. Online anonymity has emboldened a whole new generation of trolls eager to ruin the party for the rest of us and immersive technology, for all […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

4. Februar 2022
Quest’s Home Environment May Soon Get The Social Capabilities We’ve Been Waiting For
Back in October, Meta announced that it would eventually transition its home environment to ‘Horizon Home’, giving it a fuller set of social features like being able to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR apps together. It seems we’re getting a step closer to the release of those features, as […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

6. Januar 2022
Meta Plans to Fuse Its ‘Horizon’ Apps & Make Them More Accessible… Eventually
Though Meta is steadily building up three social VR apps—Horizon Worlds, Horizon Venues, and Horizon Workrooms—the trio still exist as separate apps and hardly constitute a seamless experience. In the future the company hopes to change that and open the door to non-VR devices. But how long will it take? Meta is undoubtedly bullish about […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

NBA League Pass Games Return to Quest in ‘Horizon Venues’ This Month
The NBA officially kicked off its 2021-22 regular season in mid-October after having last year’s derailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting this week, Meta (formerly Facebook) is welcoming Quest users back to Horizon Venues for some more courtside action. You’ll be able to catch the first game on November 14th, which features the Golden State Warriors vs. the […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

10. November 2021