Subj : New Meta Quest 3 update gives you an essential VR interior-design
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 12:00:05

New Meta Quest 3 update gives you an essential VR interior-design app for free

Date:
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:56:17 +0000

Description:
Meta Quest 3 update v68 adds a new furniture-layout app, download speed 
improvements, and a minor graphics tweak.

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Meta has rolled out another free update to its Meta Quest 3 VR headset in the 
shape of update v68 , and with it come some minor tweaks to graphics and 
download speeds, as well as a new essential app for people who need a hand 
decorating their home. 

Your Meta Quest 3 can already help you to construct furniture  as shown in a 
Meta Quest 3 advert that I cant seem to escape right now  and now Metas new 
Layout app will help you arrange it too. You can use it to measure your 
existing furniture or spaces in your home, place virtual approximations of 
new furniture or gadgets youre looking to buy (so you can double-check if 
that 65-inch TV does indeed fit where you want it to), and even access 
helpful features like a leveling tool to checking if your pictures are hung 
straight. 

When I was moving into a new flat a few months ago this app would have been 
extremely useful. I spent hours painstakingly drawing 2D la  and Metas new 
Layout app will help you arrange it too. You can use it to measure your 
existing furniture or spaces in your home, place virtual approximations of 
new furniture or gadgets youre looking to buy (so you can double-check if 
that like  and might have saved a few moments of panic when we found that 
some items fitted in rather more 'snuggly' than we were expecting. (Image 
credit: Meta ) 

Once your Meta Quest 3 updates to v68, Layout will appear in your App 
Library. While it might not be a tool I use everyday I know itll be handy, 
and Im excited to see what other apps and features Meta will add next. Other 
v68 tweaks coming 

For now Ill have to make do with two more minor tweaks in v68. 

Firstly Meta says it has made some behind-the-scenes improvements to app 
downloads. You can install multiple apps at once now, and its added a new 
Downloads tab to your App Library so that you can more easily manage your 
installs. 

Last for this month, its releasing a new frame timing algorithm for OpenXR 
that it says will improve frame rate stability and prediction latency on your 
Meta Quest 3  provided its an OpenXR app. OpenXR is a free open-standard VR 
development tool used by a lot of creators for their VR games and apps  
including the likes of Beat Saber, Moss , and The Last Clockwinder  so expect 
to see improvements to a fair few of your favorite titles. 

Remember, if you don't see the update today you don't need to fret. These 
software improvements roll out gradually so you might need to wait a few days 
before it arrives on your Quest 3. You might also like The Meta Quest 3s 
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try one



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/new-meta
-quest-3-update-gives-you-an-essential-vr-home-design-app-for-free


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