A men tries the Facebook Oculus VR headset during the Vivatech startups and innovation fair, in Paris on May 16, 2019.conference
last September, enables users to design their own avatars, which can be transported to different locations to explore, play games, and build communities. Horizon's invite-only beta is accessible as an app on Oculus Quest and the Rift Platform in the US and Canada, and it requires a linked Facebook account.
Horizon is Facebook's most notable effort as part of its goal to make Oculus a mainstream social hub. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long evangelized VR as the next paradigm in online communication, and Facebook Horizon looks like its best bet for reaching this goal. Horizon aims to build on previous app launches from Oculus that likewise focused on bridging social with VR: Oculus Rooms, launched in 2016, and Spaces, launched in 2017.
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