Meta opens Quest OS to third parties, including ASUS and Lenovo

[Joystiq]

In a huge move for the mixed reality industry, Meta

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that it's opening the Quest's operating system to third-party companies, allowing them to build headsets of their own. Think of it like moving the Quest's ecosystem from an Apple model, where one company builds both the hardware and software, to a hardware free-for-all like Android. The Quest OS is being rebranded to "Meta Horizon OS," and at this point, ASUS's Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand is working on a new "performance gaming" headsets, while Lenovo is working on devices for "productivity, learning and entertainment." (Don't forget, Lenovo also built the poorly-received

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