PYMNTS.com April 23, 2024
Teamwork makes the dream work. And when the dream is an interoperable virtual reality (VR) world based on a proprietary operating system (OS), you are going to need a big team.
This, as on Monday (April 22) Meta announced it would be opening the operating system, Horizon OS, which powers the company’s Meta Quest metaverse headsets, up to third-party hardware makers, including tech peers Asus, Lenovo and Microsoft.
The goal is to move metaverse experiences beyond Meta’s general-use Quest devices to more purpose-specific devices. Notably, while Asus will be developing a performance gaming headset and Microsoft will be partnering with Meta on an Xbox-inspired experience, the Lenovo partnership is focused on enabling greater enterprise productivity within the metaverse....