On April 15, Meta announced that it will expand its corporate-level Quest services into the school sector. New software for educators to help with the use of VR headsets in the classroom. These tools will allow teachers to manage and program several Quest headsets concurrently.
If that prediction comes true, the virtual reality market will have risen at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 27.3% since 2020, when Statista forecasts that there were 14.2 million installed VR users worldwide.
Statista reports that the company’s Quest VR headsets are “by far the most popular extended reality (XR) headsets on the market.” By the end of 2024, the industry is expected to have around 34 million units deployed.
To maintain its lead in the enterprise metaverse market, Meta has launched a multitude of services and solutions. The shift highlighted a shift away from personalized user experiences like as games and one-of-a-kind immersive environments.
In a blog post, Meta’s head of worldwide relations, Nick Clegg, states, “Later this year Meta will be launching a new product offering for Quest devices dedicated to education. It will allow teachers, trainers and administrators to access a range of education-specific apps and features and make it possible for them to manage multiple Quest devices at once, without the need for each device in a classroom or training environment to be updated and prepared individually.”
Meta provided numerous examples of educational institutions already using Quest headsets, including the University of Glasgow’s life sciences course, which immerses students in the human body; New Mexico State’s criminal justice course, which immerses users in a virtual crime scene; and Stanford University’s business class, which helps students prepare for interviews.
The new product will be announced “in the coming months,” with a full launch set for the end of 2024. According to the blog post, it will be available in the Quest for Business market, which includes most of Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.
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