"There is something very magical about scanning a space that you know, bringing someone else who knows that space into it and feeling like you're there together," says Vishal Shah, the vice president of Meta's metaverse. That magic, in turn, could help Meta turn its vision of a 3D metaverse as a social-3D realm into a reality - one that has cost the company close to $70 billion to date."
"In the most recent version of the app, people can explore high-resolution 3D captures of a handful of places, including celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's home kitchen and Chance the Rapper's recording studio. The scans look so detailed and real that you can feel your mouth water when inspecting the ham on Ramsay's kitchen counter. Meta even felt the need to add a warning about not leaning on any of the furniture in these virtual rooms."
Meta will let Quest VR owners scan rooms to create digital replicas that others can visit. Users can have shared, metaverse versions of familiar spaces, including avatars that closely resemble real people. Meta showed high-resolution 3D captures of places such as Gordon Ramsay's kitchen and Chance the Rapper's recording studio via an app called Hyperscape. The scans are so realistic that Meta warned users against leaning on virtual furniture. An upcoming operating system update will enable Quest 3 and Quest 3s headsets to scan personal rooms with built-in cameras. The effort supports Meta's broader push to build a social 3D metaverse and follows heavy investment.
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