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Meta Horizon OS could repeat Android's biggest problem if Meta isn't careful


Meta is making "the Android of VR," but not everyone is convinced that's a good thing.

Max Weisel, founder of development house Normal VR and creator of the eSports game Nock, compares the move to Android phones that all have different hardware qualities and often never run the same operating system version. Ironically, as Road to VR points out, bringing a more open operating system to market was the original plan all along, even if Meta put the option on the back burner for nearly a decade. (Image credit: Meta)When I asked if Resolution Games finds Steam VR development more difficult because of the number of headsets and different hardware configurations, he simply replied, "I wouldn't say so."

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