Meta is abandoning its in-house operating system project for virtual and augmented reality. So the giant will rely on a third-party (Android) solution.
Due to the open source nature and great flexibility of Google’s platform, Android, over the years, it has been taken up and adapted many times to meet a variety of needs. Be it smartphones, tablets, wearables or virtual reality. dead even used Android version In her virtual reality headset.
Meta is abandoning its in-house OS project for virtual and augmented reality
However, according to several reports, the company Menlo Park was in the process of designing its own platform, but today it seems that this project is no longer relevant. According to a report from The Information, Meta could have disbanded the team that worked on this operating system. And if all this sounds familiar, it is because, last January, an article declared that it was indeed so, but Meta denied this information.
So the giant will rely on a third party solution (Android)
However, it seems to be true this time. In fact, Meta spokeswoman Sheeva Slovan said in a statement: “By bringing more operating system engineers directly into our AR and VR teams, we can accelerate the development of solutions that precisely address each of our product lines. There are many technical guidance that We are currently following them to design this, and we remain deeply committed to designing highly specialized systems.”
However, one wonders if it was a good decision. Apple would work in tandem on its own mixed reality hardware and it should logically run under its own operating system, giving the Apple brand complete control over the software. Using Meta for a third-party operating system could be a drawback, but we’ll have to wait until the first product of this type is marketed to judge.
