Quest 3’s v66 version introduces enhanced Passthrough features
Meta recently announced the release of v66, a major upgrade for its Quest 3 headset that aims to lessen customers’ visual distortion while using Passthrough.
Although Meta has released many Passthrough-related upgrades recently, this most recent v66 version is supposedly the big one, as the firm claims it would significantly improve the mixed reality experience.
Passthrough’s reduction of visual distortion guarantees a more realistic look for hands and objects, while Meta promises improved alignment of virtual hands with their physical counterparts. Version v66 significantly enhances picture quality to lessen distortion and the warping effect around moving objects, building on the exposure, colour, and contrast enhancements made in version v64.
Meta intends to implement these enhancements progressively to guarantee stability and avert any unanticipated problems.
Additionally, an experimental feature to enhance hand tracking is included in this release. New buttons that show the Meta and Menu icons on the wrist let users to access system-level capabilities. Like the buttons on the controllers, these wrist buttons provide fast access to the main menu, casting, screenshots, and other options. The Quest 3’s Experimental Settings screen is where you may activate this functionality.
Additionally, v66 allows for continuous audio playing even when programmes have been minimised, which improves the functioning of 2D apps (like the Browser). Because of the feature’s support for multitasking, users may watch movies, listen to music, or play games or interact with others in Meta Horizon Worlds while doing other tasks.
In order to better assist parents and guardians in raising many teenagers or children between the ages of 10 and 12, Meta will be revising its Parental Supervision features as of June 27. With these modifications, monitored users will be able to view each other in the Family Centre automatically and without further configuration
