App Profile: Meta Horizon

Roxtar73

Rating: 5/5

I e seen many 1 star reviews that make no sense. They are rating the app based on their experience with their headsets. If I were to review the Oculus Quest it would definitely get 4.5 stars. The app however gets a full five stars as it does so much cool stuff. My favorite thing is being able to check my battery while charging my headset. Also being able to see if I need new batteries for my controllers is awesome. I know those data points are on the Quest Menu Bar but when your charging you may not have the Quest available to check so you can use the app. I love that I can buy and install games directly to my headsets from the app too. There are just so many cool things this app allows you to do. I’ve seen lots of tech and I’m not easily impressed by tech nowadays however the Oculus Quest and this companion app have highly impressed me. I haven’t been wowed like this by tech since I first wrote a program in basic back on a TRS-80 (Trash 80 for those who remember them) in the mid 80’s(I’m old I know). Thanks for an exciting and joyous experience both in the app and on the console.

Random user_9901

Rating: 1/5

The app is presented to the user in a useful and intuitive way, but lacks execution. Exhibit A; the recently added Mixed Reality Camera (a feature which made me immediately re-download the app). For those who don’t know, this gives the user the capability to record yourself in your surroundings in VR, with augmented-reality capable phones (iPhone 7 Plus and up)*. This feature just doesn’t work. The app in the headset tells me to use the phone and the phone just casts, doesn’t offer anything else where everything should be. Exhibit B; the phone notifications. This feature works maybe 60% of the time and refuses to let me unpair the headset to the phone via Bluetooth when I need to repair it (I CANT DELETE THE HEADSET FROM MY BLUETOOTH), which I need to repair the system if the notification flow to the headset stops. This is a pity as this capability was added a while ago and still hasn’t really been patched. At this point this app just gives your headset a bunch of half-baked capabilities that only work half of the time. Wouldn’t suggest use after you’ve gotten past initial setup of headset. *in the instructions it says iPhone X and up, but the supposed capability is aligned with the 7 Plus, and has been seen in other instances working as well as the new phones. In short, there’s 0 reason why this shouldn’t LOAD, not that it should work or connect.

SRH1389

Rating: 1/5

We downloaded the app primarily to cast. It worked once for just few mins. Yes both devices are on the same WiFi , we only have WiFi service at home and have full bars…we tried the back up option of Bluetooth both devices pair to only continuously get the error message on the app when trying to actually cast the the headset. We need to cast to help our child understand what to select etc especially the boundaries..not to mention he really wants us to watch him play. So far the meta quest 3 has been a headache. The first one we bought worked for all of 3 days before the screen stayed black other than meta icon…we could hear sound but see nothing (no menus, boxes etc) did a reset still didn’t fix it. The games are not sharing between profiles even though that has been turned on in setting..so we had to download each game to the other profile..and the app for WiFi casting, Bluetooth casting etc are worthless so far. For something so expensive you’d think this headset would work seamlessly with the app created for it…really hope I can come back with a positive review later but as of now we aren’t happy with the app. We should be able to see him play and to help him if he needs it without having to put on the headset to do it for him/him having to exit the games etc.