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Meta opening Quest mixed reality OS up to third-party hardware makers
Meta is opening its Quest mixed reality operating system up to third-party hardware makers to create "more choice to co…
"The growth of the mixed reality market and the rising popularity of use cases like gaming, entertainment, fitness, productivity, and social presence have created new opportunities for specialised hardware," Meta writes. And while that's as much as the official announcement had to say on the matter, an Instagram post from Meta's Mark Zuckerberg discussing today's news referenced a potential device that "comes out of the box with Xbox controllers and Game Pass", perhaps indicating how the headset will ultimately be bundled. Today's news also comes as Meta's metaverse-focused Reality Labs division continues to report significant operating losses - it has lost more than $42bn since numbers were made publicly available the end of 2020 - and follows more than 20,000 layoffs at the company between 2022 and 2023.
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