Meta Horizon OS

This is an interesting move and feels like a response to complaints that Meta is hypocritical when complaining about closed platforms while running one themselves. But this isn't open source. I don't know why any OEMs would want to compete with Meta's hardware subsidized by app store revenue when they continue to own the store. Maybe there's an app revenue share involved?

Wait, at the end of the video he says "We're also as part of this going to be opening up our store to give you even more options to use whatever experiences you want. So whether they're on Steam, Xbox Cloud Gaming, our own App Lab, or even Google Play, if they're up for it." The blog post doesn't mention Steam or Google Play. It's not really clear what that means. Will they allow Steam to sell native Quest apps?

Edit: There's a better blog post that has more detail. https://www.meta.com/blog/quest/meta-horizon-os-open-hardwar... This one seems to suggest that being "open" to Steam just means allowing game streaming which they already do, while being "open" to Google Play means that they would allow Google to install the actual Play Store app on the headset, for 2D apps only. But Google doesn't want to. In any case it seems like they would specifically not be open to alternative app stores selling native 3D apps directly on the headset itself.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by notRobot » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

blensor wrote: post #2

It's going to be interesting if Google/Samsung will win out or Meta/etc.

What category has Google really succeeded in since the initial era of gmail/Android/chrome? I can't think of any recent successes off the top of my head.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by jerlam » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:31 PM UTC

Feels like Microsoft just tried this with their own VR ecosystem not too long ago and it fell flat on its face.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by ShamelessC » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:31 PM UTC

999900000999 wrote: post #4

This is awesome, I'm waiting for a VR manufacturer to add an HDMI input. Then I could use it as a monitor without jumping through a bunch of hoops.

> Then I could use it as a monitor without jumping through a bunch of hoops.

bold of you to assume your hdmi cable won't naturally form some hoops.

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by technotony » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:31 PM UTC

"we encourage the Google Play 2D app store to come to Meta Horizon OS, where it can operate with the same economic model it does on other platforms." - I feel like this might be the rub of this. Google is way behind in building the android of spatial computing, and maybe this can play into the trust busting cases where meta can show Google not playing fair?

Re: Meta Horizon OS

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Post by EVyesnoyesnoyes » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:33 PM UTC

notRobot wrote: post #6

blensor wrote: post #2

It's going to be interesting if Google/Samsung will win out or Meta/etc.

What category has Google really succeeded in since the initial era of gmail/Android/chrome? I can't think of any recent successes off the top of my head.

'really succeeded' sounds super crazy dismissive.

Besides android being gigantic huge, you still have google maps, chrome, gmail, pixel phones, passkey, yubikeypush/2fa, the new cookie aproach, YouTube!!1 etc.

Why would Google need a 'recent' success to be able to win ar snail?