Meta is said to have suspended development of its augmented reality operating system

It’s a bit of a confusion behind the scenes of the Meta Mixed Reality OS project (formerly on Facebook). This project, which began in 2017, and which employs up to 300 employees, will be discontinued according to the site. the information. But Mita denied in the edgeto ensure that development of this operating system is still appropriate.

In short, we no longer know which way to go. It is clear that Meta is heavily involved in virtual reality, through Oculus headsets and also through its investment in the metaverse based on AR and VR technologies.

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Oculus headphones work with an operating system derived from Android. This isn’t the new OS, baptized XROS (“XR” is the term used for two types of reality, virtual and augmented), and with good reason because it (was?) still in development. XROS should logically equip future devices from Meta, especially the connected glasses known as harbinger project.

the information He explains that after Mark Lukowski’s departure, Meta could have halted development of XROS. Lucovsky previously worked at Microsoft, working on a similar augmented reality operating system project for Google.

Not surprisingly, Google and Oppo are also betting on this

Not surprisingly, Google and Oppo are also betting on AR

The Meta will still be able to rely on Oculus’ Android OS, but that would come as a surprise as the company seeks not to rely on any platform for its devices, whether it’s Google or Apple.

Frank Mccarthy

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