If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it's bringing the 'full capabilities' of Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December as part of a public preview. 'Full capabilities,' in this context, means that you'll be able to access a local Windows PC or cloud instance of Windows (via Windows 365) from a Quest headset. Microsoft says it only takes 'seconds' to connect, and likens the experience to a 'private, high-quality, large, multi-monitor workstation.' We'll be the judge of that. Supported apps in this new Windows modality extend into 3D space ' a capability enabled by what Microsoft is calling Volumetric Apps. During a demo in May, Microsoft showed off a digital exploded view of an Xbox controller from the perspective of a Quest 3 wearer ' an object that the wearer could manipulate with their hands. Microsoft has teased Windows content for Quest as far back as 2022, when it said it...
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