As part of the v57 software update for Meta Quest headsets, the company announced<\/a> Monday a bevy of new features \u2014 including more avatar customization options, an unsend message feature, group links, free-form locomotion ability in Horizon Home and a rebranded Explore feed. Meta also made improvements to video recording, multitasking and more.<\/p>\n Starting today, the v57 update is gradually rolling out to Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2 headsets. Meta will likely reveal more features at its Connect event<\/a> later this month.<\/p>\n Alongside today\u2019s announcement, Meta wrote<\/a> in its v57 release notes that it\u2019s removing a casting feature<\/a> from the iOS app, which allowed users to capture the VR experience on their iPhone.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Meta<\/p>\n<\/div>\n With the new update, the avatar creator now has color sliders so users can better customize their skin tone, hair and eyebrow color. This is a notable addition as users can specify the exact shade they want, allowing them to more accurately represent what they look like in real life. Meta also added new makeup and face paint options.<\/p>\n Meta introduced<\/a> several enhancements to its avatar creator recently, such as new body shapes and improved hair and clothing textures. The most exciting update, however, was when avatars were given legs<\/a> \u2014 a feature that is currently in beta.<\/p>\n Additionally, users can unsend image messages while in VR and the Meta Quest mobile app. To unsend a message, hover over it and select \u201cunsend message.\u201d The sender and recipient will receive a notification that the message was unsent. The feature is available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan.<\/p>\n Moving on to the minor updates, Meta is launching group links, which means users can easily invite friends to join their group by generating a link and sharing it either in VR or pasting it into any messaging platform like Instagram or Facebook.<\/p>\n Similarly, virtually meeting up with friends is easier because users can now invite a group to an app from the People tab. The invite will be displayed in the group chat so everyone can see it and join. Also, instead of the contacts list hiding in the People tab, it will automatically open when the headset is turned on.<\/p>\n
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