Meta’s Quests headsets, just like the Quest 3 (review) and Quest Pro (review), proceed to be the mainstream combined actuality and VR headsets choices available in the market. They arrive with wealthy assist for work and media consumption regardless of the lower cost barrier they’ve in comparison with the likes of Apple’s premium Vision Pro. Meta may enhance its headsets lineup additional with a deliberate AirPlay integration.
Will Apple enable AirPlay on Meta Quest headsets?
At present, Quest headsets already function a wide array of apps for customers to devour or stream multimedia content material, the place even the flexibility to retailer recordsdata for playback later is feasible. As found by UploadVR through 9to5Mac, Meta plans to broaden these options to assist content material or display sharing to its headsets from Apple’s units via AirPlay. Nevertheless, that appears to rely on whether or not the iPhone producer permits them.
In a reply to an X consumer, Meta’s VP for VR Mark Rabkin stated they already requested the Apple for permission to incorporate AirPlay into the Quest wearable by changing them into receivers and be suitable with the wi-fi protocol. As soon as authorized, customers can AirPlay content material or forged screens from iPhone or iPad tablets and handle these on a Quest headset, albeit in a actuality or spatial area.
The Meta Quest Professional’s show is far sharper, not least due to the pancake lenses. It additionally ships with a wide array of apps and streaming providers. / © nextpit
Nevertheless, there’s appears no assure that Apple will enable Meta’s request contemplating they’ve competing platforms within the MR/VR market. However it might make sense for each firms to have AirPlay work with Quest headsets and Apple units finally as this give customers versatility of media playback choices.
The closest factor to getting a comparable expertise with out AirPlay is to switch content material from an iPhone going to a Quest headset by first transferring it to a Mac or PC. You can too use third-party apps to stream viewable content material or screens however through a Mac or PC along with streaming apps like Netflix immediately on the headset.
As with the case of Apple’s spatial headset, the Imaginative and prescient Professional even presently lacks the identical AirPlay perform. Nevertheless, it’s extra pressing on Apple’s half so as to add it to its headset first earlier than approving Meta’s request.
Do you suppose Apple ought to allow AirPlay interoperability on Meta’s Quest wearables? Will or not it’s a significant function that may assist persuade you to purchase a Quest headset? Tell us your solutions within the feedback.
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