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Meta opens its mixed-reality Horizon OS to other headset makers
Lenovo and Asus and other companies, are adopting Meta’s Horizon software for their headsets, expanding Meta’s presence in the AR/VR market.
Headline
Lenovo and Asus and other companies, are adopting Meta’s Horizon software for their headsets, expanding Meta’s presence in the AR/VR market.
Context
Lenovo and Asus , alongside other companies, are adopting Meta’s Horizon software for their headsets, expanding Meta’s presence in the AR/VR market. Also Read: Meta’s strategic partnership with Tencent opens new horizons for VR in China
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Analysis
Meta will license the software underpinning its Quest headsets to third-party hardware manufacturers in a bid to spur wider adoption of mixed-reality technology. Access to Horizon OS — the operating system used in Quest devices — should reduce barriers to market for hardware makers seeking to create new products, Meta said. And software developers will benefit from a larger audience for mixed-reality apps that can be sold in Meta’s Horizon app store (formerly Quest Store). “Developers will have a much larger range of hardware that can run their apps, and more device makers will expand their market to a wider range of users, much like we’ve seen with PCs and smartphones,” Meta said in a blog post Monday . Also Read: Meta opens Quest OS to third-party headset makers
Key Points
- Lenovo and Asus are among the companies building headsets that run Horizon software.
- The move expands Meta’s reach in the AR/VR market, while enabling headset vendors to focus on hardware development rather than software.
- Meta will license the software underpinning its Quest headsets to third-party hardware manufacturers in a bid to spur wider adoption of mixed-reality technology.
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