The announcement of Meta Horizon OS made waves in the VR industry. CTO Andrew Bosworth explains the strategy behind Meta’s latest move.
Meta announced on Monday that it will open up the Meta Quest OS (now called Meta Horizon OS) and license it to selected hardware partners to build their own headsets.
What is the strategy behind this, and what role will Meta Quest play in the future? CTO Andrew Bosworth answered these questions in his latest AMA on Instagram.
Bosworth also says that Quest apps will run on all other devices based on Meta Horizon OS.
A good idea that needs to prove itself
In his Instagram announcement, Zuckerberg mentioned four use cases that Meta Horizon OS-powered headsets could specialize in: Productivity, Media Consumption, Gaming and Fitness.
The first three hardware partners to launch headsets are ASUS, Lenovo, and Xbox. The announcement came early, as it could be “a couple of years” before the devices are released, according to Zuckerberg.
The industry will need these years, as the market for specialized headsets is currently rather small, I argued in an editorial on Meta Horizon OS. Especially if they become pricier than Meta’s Quest headsets, which they probably will.
Source: Mixed News
