Meta’s Quest 3 ‘Structure’ app allows you to take measurements in combined actuality

Meta is launching an app for its Quest 3 headsets that allows you to take measurements and visualize adjustments in your house. The utility app, called Layout, will seem within the Quest 3 library as a part of the v68 update.

Meta says you should use Structure to measure furnishings round your own home, permitting you to get a way of how a lot room you’ve for a brand new sofa or TV with out taking out your tape measure. You can even use the app to position digital objects in a real-world setting in addition to check out the leveling device to make sure the image you simply hung up isn’t crooked.

Together with the Structure app, the v68 replace contains Meta’s experimental AI assistant that’s already on the corporate’s Ray-Ban sensible glasses. As seen in Meta’s demo video, you’ll be able to ask the AI questions on what you’re seeing in your real-world setting, resembling what sort of shirt will look good together with your new pair of pants. This function is presently solely accessible in English and solely within the US and Canada.

One other good improve coming with the replace is the flexibility to obtain a number of video games directly and handle them from a brand new “Downloads” tab in your library. Meta can also be including the flexibility to pair Contact controllers from throughout the headset (as an alternative of from the newly renamed Meta Horizon app), together with new audio-level stability instruments.