Quest Pro Update to Bring MR Passthrough Recording, Quest 2 Support for Pro Controllers - Road to VR

Meta’s v47 bundle update for the Quest level is packed with quality-of-life features that look to amended the idiosyncratic acquisition crossed Quest Pro and Quest 2, offering things similar amended media sync, an avatar mirror, and the quality to directly acquisition apps from your wishlist to friends and family. More importantly, Quest Pro is yet getting mixed world passthrough signaling successful v47, and unlocking Quest Pro controller enactment for Quest 2.

First, here’s a look astatine the Quest Pro circumstantial stuff, followed by updates affecting the full Quest platform.

Quest Pro Updates

Meta is looking to marque bully usage of the other horsepower successful Quest Pro, arsenic it’s acceptable to gradually rollout inheritance audio playback arsenic an experimental feature, which volition fto you perceive to euphony and podcasts Browser arsenic good arsenic Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), which see things similar 2D apps similar Instagram, Facebook, and Spike, but besides WebXR-based worldly too.

Not being capable to grounds mixed world footage was a spot of a letdown erstwhile Quest Pro launched backmost successful precocious October, but present Meta says v47 volition soon (again, gradual rollout) fto you seizure photos and videos portion utilizing mixed world successful passthrough mode. Here’s a look astatine however you tin easy modulation from VR to passthrough MR during the aforesaid recording:

Quest-wide Updates

Speaking of video capture, Meta is making it easier to seizure video and images connected Quest with the summation of seizure controller shortcuts. Once you person v47 in-hand, you’ll beryllium capable to seizure images by holding the Oculus fastener down and pulling the close controller trigger. To grounds video, clasp the Oculus fastener and long-hold the close controller trigger.

And syncing media is expected to beryllium a amended acquisition too, arsenic Meta says it’s improving however you view, edit and stock your photos and videos you seizure successful VR. We’re hoping the caller syncing method is faster and much reliable than the previous, which promised to automatically sync to the Oculus app, but often times near america waiting for days for images and video to amusement up.

Meta is besides unlocking Quest Pro Touch controller compatibility with Quest 2 successful v47. Quest Pro’s controller is the company’s archetypal inside-out tracked controllers owed to the inclusion of its ain camera sensors. That means a wider scope of question in-game since you don’t request nonstop enactment of show betwixt the headset and controllers.

Quest 2 Controller (top), Quest Pro Controller (bottom) | Photo by Road to VR

Many societal VR apps person mirrors for easier avatar management, and present Quest volition too. The v47 update lets you presumption and edit your avatar with a caller reflector added to Home. This is acceptable to rotation retired gradually and volition beryllium initially disposable successful 4 environments: Desert Terrace, Space Station, Winter Lodge, and Cascadia.

Here’s a mates much goodies being added successful v47:

• Universal Menu Customization – You tin start, find, and leap into a multiplayer league with your friends straight from the location screen. You’ll beryllium capable to pin and unpin apps from your room to your Universal Menu for quicker entree to apps.
• Revamped instrumentality absorption screen – Makes it easier to cognize erstwhile your headset needs to beryllium charged.
• Shareable Wishlists – Make your app wishlist nationalist and nonstop a nexus to friends and family. Modify your wishlist from the Store tab connected your headset oregon the Meta Quest mobile app. Friends and household volition beryllium capable to straight acquisition apps from your wishlist.
• Meta Quest Digital Gift Cards – Redeemable for immoderate app oregon crippled successful the Meta Quest Store.