{"id":17830,"date":"2024-11-19T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17830"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:13:10","slug":"windows-comes-to-the-meta-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17830","title":{"rendered":"Windows comes to the Meta Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it\u2019s bringing the \u201cfull capabilities\u201d of Windows 11 to the Meta <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/27\/meta-quest-3-convinced-me-to-love-vr-by-downplaying-the-metaverse\/\">Quest 3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/25\/meta-announces-300-quest-3s-a-cheaper-take-on-mixed-reality\/\">Quest 3S<\/a> in December as part of a public preview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFull capabilities,\u201d in this context, means that you\u2019ll be able to access a local Windows PC or cloud instance of Windows (via <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/07\/14\/microsoft-launches-windows-365\/\">Windows 365<\/a>) from a Quest headset. Microsoft says it only takes \u201cseconds\u201d to connect, and likens the experience to a \u201cprivate, high-quality, large, multi-monitor workstation.\u201d We\u2019ll be the judge of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supported apps in this new Windows modality extend into 3D space \u2014 a capability enabled by what Microsoft is calling <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/05\/21\/microsofts-new-volumetric-apps-for-quest-headsets-extend-windows-apps-into-the-3d-space\/\">Volumetric Apps<\/a>. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/05\/21\/microsofts-new-volumetric-apps-for-quest-headsets-extend-windows-apps-into-the-3d-space\/\">demo<\/a> in May, Microsoft showed off a digital exploded view of an Xbox controller from the perspective of a Quest 3 wearer \u2014 an object that the wearer could manipulate with their hands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers can sign up to receive access to an API that allows them to build plug-ins for new or existing 3D Windows desktop apps. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has teased Windows content for Quest as far back as 2022, when it said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/10\/11\/meta-partners-with-microsoft-to-bring-teams-windows-apps-and-games-to-quest-devices\/\">partner<\/a> with Meta to bring select Windows apps including Microsoft Teams to Meta headsets. Last December, Microsoft launched Microsoft 365 productivity features from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the Quest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/12\/13\/xbox-cloud-gaming-now-available-on-meta-quest-2-3-and-pro\/\">brought<\/a> its video game streaming service, Xbox Cloud Gaming, to the hardware. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/19\/microsoft-is-bringing-windows-11-to-the-meta-quest\/\">techcrunch.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it\u2019s bringing the \u201cfull capabilities\u201d of Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December as part of a public preview. \u201cFull capabilities,\u201d in this context, means that you\u2019ll be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}