Meta will freely let developers bring 2D, web, and spatial apps to its Quest VR headset app store. App Lab is no more.
Meta’s Quest headsets and app store have been around for a while, but with a software experience largely limited to 3D and AR apps and games. But now, the company says it’s opening things up — Horizon OS and Quest VP Mark Rabkin said during Meta Connect that from today, the Meta app store “fully welcomes 2D and spatial apps.” Meta also says it supports web apps, and what do you know? The New York Times’ Wordle app for Quest headsets, which we wrote about last week, is a Progressive Web App.
But today’s announcement sounds like the company bringing its app store approach more in line with something like a Google or Apple online marketplace, encouraging developers to bring more smartphone- or tablet-style apps to its VR platform. Meta also says Quest users can now place apps wherever they want, change their size, and use up to six of them at the same time. Users will also be able to open a 2D app while they’re in an immersive VR app, as well.
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