Quest Replace Consists of Extra House Customization, In-headset App Notifications & Extra – Street to VR

The newest software program replace for Meta Quest, model v54, is now rolling out, bringing with it a number of new quality-of-life options, reminiscent of new customization choices for House environments, in-headset app notifications, and higher monitoring for Quest Professional’s controller.

Customizable skyboxes allow you to change the sky above your head in your House house, so you may select from plenty of presets, and even add your individual skybox to get the proper environment. Meta says its purpose is to make House Environments extra personalised and customizable sooner or later.

The replace additionally introduces in-headset notifications for 2D apps, reminiscent of Messenger, letting customers work together with these apps with out leaving their present recreation or app.

Meta says you’ll additionally be capable to consolidate messages from the identical supply to streamline your notification feed, toggle a ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode, or disable notifications fully for particular 2D apps. App notification are an opt-in function that ought to immediate the primary time you open a suitable app, so that you received’t simply begin randomly receiving stuff, which is reassuring.

Moreover, Meta says v54 has improved Quest Contact Professional controller to reinforce positional accuracy. Meta says these updates are steadily rolling out to all headsets.