Meta Horizon Hyperscape is an app designed exclusively for the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S, which allows users to explore photorealistic spaces in VR.
The demo version of the app is currently available for free to US users on the Meta Horizon store.
Meta Horizon Hyperscape could be one of the most exciting applications available for both the Quest 3 and the Quest 3S.
Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that in the future, anyone will be able to use the tool to build and explore any real-world space in virtual reality.
Meta’s cloud ecosystem recreates the space in virtual reality using photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting techniques.
Meta hasn’t “recreated the wheel” with its application. It’s really just building on technologies we’ve already had in virtual reality for some time.
In the future, we’d like to see more applications like this supporting connections with VR shoes and treadmills for a more immersive experience.
Once solutions like Meta Horizon Hyperspace become more stable and consistent in the experience they can deliver, the impact on the extended reality space will be outstanding.
Meta might not be the first company to experiment with tools like Horizon Hyperscape.
It’s easy to imagine a future where developers and VR designers rely on applications like this daily to create more immersive, hyper-realistic environments with less cost and complexity.