We almost got the Google Play Store on Meta Quest headsets

https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/google-play-store-not-on-meta-quest-headsets

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FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y

Fuck Meta lol

hperrin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Is it able to run regular Android apps? I’d imagine the entire graphics API is completely different.

GrayBoltWolf@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

The quest already runs android, so in theory all the support is already there for Vulkan and OpenGL since it runs a regular-ish Snapdragon phone SoC.

ijeff@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yep. Runs regular sideloaded APKs including emulators.

hperrin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Interesting. How does it display them visually? Is it, like, a floating window?

ijeff@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y

Pretty much!

Die4Ever@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yeah on my Quest 3 I've sideloaded F-Droid, Jerboa, and ScummVM

hperrin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yo, VR Lemmy! :D

Die4Ever@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y

even without Jerboa, the website itself works well

the Quest's web browser is really good even for Twitch, Youtube, Discord

Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

It's Android, yes

Flabbergassed@artemis.camp · 4 pts · 2y

Why would anyone want either of those things?

nope@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is there a way to un-meta the quests headsets ?

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y

That would be really cool so the answer is likely no