There is still a long way to go before the concept of the metaverse, as Meta envisions it, becomes a reality. As a prelude to this immersive experience, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of ‘Horizon Worlds’ in Spain and Francea multiplayer platform launched in some countries in 2021 in which we can have our avatar, make constructions, organize meetings, participate in eventsamong other things, through virtual reality headsets Oculus Rift S y Meta Quest 2.
Zuckerberg’s announcement, which was accompanied by a selfie of him next to representations of La Sagrada Familia and the Eiffel Tower, went into the background when many people were disappointed with the visual quality of the capture and it did not take long to turn it into a meme. What should be a previous step to the metaverse It looked like a bad copy of Wii Sports.. This reaction apparently did not go unnoticed by the CEO of the company and this Friday announced enhancements to the ‘Horizon Worlds’ platform.
Updates to improve ‘Horizon’ on the way
According to Zuckerberg, ‘Horizon Worlds’ will receive “major updates”, which will improve the visual quality of the avatars. “The graphics in Horizon are capable of so much more (even on headsets) and Horizon is improving very quickly,” she said. Furthermore, he responded to the negative user reaction by claiming that he knew the image posted earlier this week was basic. “It was taken very quickly to celebrate a launch,” she added.
For now, there is no scheduled date for the expected updates of ‘Horizon Worlds’. However, the company promised to provide more details at his Connect event which will take place later this year (there is no confirmed date, but last year’s was held in October). It remains to be seen what direction he is taking in his concept of metaverse and what are the results of the first 13,000 million dollars invested. since it was announced.
We do know, however, that the development of this project has had to face several setbacks. Meta planned to hire 10,000 employees, but has reconfigured its plans. In addition, he is aware that in order to achieve the “immersive experience almost indistinguishable from reality” which promises, you need to create devices that don’t exist yet. And, precisely, it is spending a large part of its budget in making the technology mature.