The Meta Quest iOS App now allows iPhone 15 Pro users to upload 3D ’spatial videos’ to be played in headsets. With v65 any iPhone model can now do this, letting you for example upload spatial videos sent to you by iPhone 15 Pro owners or downloaded from Safari.
Additionally, v65 allows any iPhone to upload panoramas. Meta claims “it’s almost like you’re there again, taking in the sights”. Meta claims “it’s almost like you’re there again, taking in the sights”.
Viewing iPhone-captured panoramas is a key use case of Apple Vision Pro.
Viewing iPhone-captured panoramas is a key use case of Apple Vision Pro, so Meta is likely hoping making this easy on Quest will make for yet another reason for iPhone users to buy one instead of Apple’s own much more expensive headset.
There’s no word on the feature supporting Android phones.
Since v62Passthrough Throughout The System UI
Quest v62 Adds Spatial Video Support & Much More
The Quest v62 update adds support for easily viewing iPhone spatial videos, improves Quest 3’s microphone quality, and much more.
Quest headsets have been able to use passthrough instead of a virtual home environment since
the original Quest launched. But some system interfaces like the lock screen and power-off menu always showed a VR void.
The v65 update brings passthrough to these interfaces, which Meta says enables you to “remain entirely in MR from the moment you power on Meta Quest 3 until you put it down again”.
Mouse & Keyboard Improvements