It’s no secret that the Netflix app on the Meta Quest 3 is absolute trash. It hardly works with low-res movies and has poor optimization; there’s no purpose to put in it even in case you have an lively Netflix subscription. However Meta and Netflix have simply introduced a plan to vary the Netflix VR expertise – abandon the app and check out a brand new method.
That’s to say that “within the coming days” – per the Quest Weblog, the place it additionally introduced its Meta Join 2024 dates – you’ll be capable to launch Netflix within the Quest 3 internet browser to take pleasure in reveals and movies “in excessive decision.” Presumably, this implies a minimum of full HD, however we gained’t depend our chickens till they hatch, and we’ve discovered from attempting the service how crisp the pictures are.
The publish says you’ll be capable to benefit from the present on a flat 2D display screen or in a theater view that features a curved display screen – very like utilizing different browser-based VR experiences.
A a lot wanted video improve
I by no means actually thought of VR video streaming on Quest till the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional was launched and proved how dangerous a job the Horizon OS was doing on this division.
The Quest 3 has few of the very best streaming companies as devoted apps, and people it does have – like Netflix – aren’t price putting in. The Imaginative and prescient Professional, then again, is full of nice video streaming companies, together with a Disney Plus app that streams 3D movies on to the headset.
This Netflix replace isn’t fairly on the similar stage, however it’s a stable begin and is hopefully an indication future updates for different video platforms are coming quickly. I had hoped such an replace would arrive in preparation for an LG OLED-equipped Meta Quest Professional 2; nonetheless, whereas the software program would possibly nonetheless arrive, LG’s current feedback have me frightened its Meta Quest Professional 2 collaboration may not be going forward.
We’ll have to attend and see what occurs on the {hardware} entrance, however for now we are able to simply take pleasure in that the Quest 3 lastly has a worthwhile Netflix expertise.
