Meta test puts Reels on the Quest<p>Reels started as Instagram's solution for competing with TikTok and soon launched on sister-site Facebook — a natural expansion. Meta is now testing Reels on a less expected medium: the <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-meta-quest-3-is-a-499-mixed-reality-headset-with-full-color-passthrough-141204527.html">Meta Quest[/url]. Its VR headset works for internet browsing, watching movies, games and more — but the addition of typically-vertical <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-accelerating-plans-to-bring-more-ads-to-reels-on-facebook-and-instagram-150004225.html">Reels[/url] presents a different viewing experience than these more malleable (and typically screen-wide) options. </p><p>Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the update through a 13-second video on Meta's Instagram Channel. It featured a Reel from influencer Austin Sprinz's Instagram account in which he visited the world's deepest pool. The immersive video is a good choice for VR, taking the viewer underwater into a seemingly bottomless space — and is certainly better than a cooking or dance Reel. </p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The Reels update comes ahead of <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-meta-announces-its-new-mixed-reality-headset-the-quest-3-111524859.html">Meta Quest 3's fall release[/url] and follows <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-vision-pro-is-apples-long-awaited-arvr-headset-182725385.html">Apple's new AR/VR Vision Pro headset[/url] announcement. Though, with Quest 3's pricing starting at $499, compared to the Vision Pro's $3,499, the pair don't exactly fall into the same category. Meta's VR headset line first launched as Oculus Quest and subsequently Oculus Quest 2 before the second-generation model was <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/meta-facebook-oculus-retirement-194217530.html">rebranded as Meta Quest 2[/url]. The <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/meta-quest-pro-review-a-next-gen-headset-for-the-vr-faithful-specs-price-130045313.html">Meta Quest Pro[/url] followed soon after the name change. As for Reels, there's no timeline for if and when it will leave the testing phase and become available across Meta Quest headsets. </p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Meta test puts Reels on the Quest
