Zoom’s new Meta Quest app encourages taking video calls in VR


Zoom has rolled out a standalone app for Meta Quest headsets. With the app, you may be a part of or host conferences in digital actuality whereas showing as your Meta Avatar.

Zoom launched an app for the Quest in 2023, however it was solely accessible by means of Meta’s Horizon Workspaces app, and customers may additionally solely host a gathering if that they had a Zoom subscription. Zoom’s new standalone app will work with “any free or paid Zoom license,” based on its listing on Meta’s site. It additionally helps Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, Quest Professional, and Quest 2 headsets.

When utilizing Zoom on the Quest, you’ll additionally see different individuals in your name, whether or not they’re utilizing the service’s desktop, cellular, or internet app. Meta notes you could be a part of conferences utilizing passthrough mode as properly, a characteristic that lets you see components of your real-life atmosphere whereas sporting Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S, and Quest Professional headsets.

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