Facebook Paves Way to Metaverse With VR Tools for Home, Work
- Zuckerberg says new technologies will be adopted within decade
- CEO demonstrates virtual reality product at Connect conference
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Facebook Inc. is trying to make virtual reality feel more like home, part of a sweeping plan to bring the immersive technology to a broader swath of users.
At its Connect conference on Thursday, the social media giant unveiled Horizon Home, an addition to the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset. The new feature will let users interact as digital avatars in virtual homes created through Facebook’s VR system, where they can also watch videos or play games together, the company said. In the future, people will be able to customize their digital homes.