Meta just opened up its ultra-realistic photosphere alternative to everyone, and that means both Meta Quest and smartphone players can join in the same worlds together for virtual hangout sessions | Android Central
Meta’s Hyperscape feature is evolving from a solo experience into a fully social one. With its latest update, users can invite up to eight people into photorealistic virtual rooms that were scanned using a Meta Quest 3 or 3S headset. These spaces can be accessed not only via VR headsets but also through the Meta Horizon mobile app, allowing both VR and smartphone users to join. Importantly, rendering has moved from the cloud to on-device, making shared sessions smoother and more responsive. Meta has also added spatial audio to heighten the sense of presence. While the current cap is eight participants, Meta plans to increase this limit in future releases.
The Key points
- Hyperscape spaces, previously single-player, now support gatherings of up to eight people.
- Invitations are sent via shareable links, making it easy to bring friends into virtual rooms.
- Users can join these VR hangouts using Meta Quest 3 or 3S headsets.
- Smartphone users can participate too, through the Meta Horizon mobile app on iOS and Android.
- The Hyperscape scenes are now rendered locally on the user’s device instead of relying solely on cloud streaming.
- Meta has introduced spatial audio to Hyperscape for more natural, immersive conversations and sounds.
- Only people aged 18 and above can be invited via the shared links.
- Access control is flexible — users can revoke or reset invitation links at any time.
- Meta suggests using Hyperscape for meaningful social interactions, such as catching up with distant friends or family.
- Although the current limit is eight users, Meta plans to support more participants as the feature evolves.
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