Meta Quest Pro’s first update adds mixed reality screen recordings - Engadget

The Meta Quest Pro is simply a classical lawsuit of the aboriginal adopter’s dilemma. Although the headset offers a wealthiness of imaginable for virtual world enthusiasts, it besides requires a $1,500 concern for thing that — astatine slightest for present — doesn’t person the bundle to warrant its price. Although today’s v47 update doesn’t hole that problem, it does instrumentality a tiny archetypal measurement by adding mixed world (MR) seizure and inheritance audio playback.

The archetypal update since Quest Pro’s motorboat lets you grounds your real-world situation combined with virtual elements. Previously, you could lone seizure in-game enactment and the real-world elements would beryllium reduced to a achromatic background.

The diagnostic doesn’t look to necessitate immoderate settings changes. After installing the update, you tin grounds MR video by pulling up the headset’s Quick Action Bar, navigating to Camera and tapping “Record Video.”

Background audio is different addition. While playing immoderate game, you tin watercourse audio from the headset’s browser oregon immoderate 2D sheet app (progressive web apps optimized for Quest), and you’ll inactive perceive it erstwhile you leap into a game. The diagnostic lets you perceive to your favourite euphony oregon podcast portion playing an different serene VR crippled (fishing, play and meditation experiences travel to mind).

Meta besides added respective diagnostic updates for its full Quest lineup (also including the Quest 2 and the original Quest). Horizon Home, the cozy hub you spot erstwhile you archetypal enactment connected the headset, present makes it easier to alteration your avatar’s appearance. It besides includes a virtual reflector to cheque retired your avatar’s makeovers successful real-time. Additionally, the Meta Quest mobile app received a fewer updates. You tin present marque your crippled privation lists nationalist to nonstop to friends and household arsenic a not-so-subtle vacation acquisition nudge. The mobile app besides makes it easier to spot person enactment and adds widgets for starting a Cast, including viewing your headset and controller’s artillery life.