Zuckerberg opens up Meta Quest operating system to third-parties, Asus and Lenovo headsets planned
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Meta is making the OS that powers its Quest headsets available to third-party hardware. Accompanying the announcement is a re-brand for the operating system with potentially significant policy changes regarding software distribution.Read Entire Article

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