Horizon Workrooms 1.3 now available. It adds a new environment, high fives, and improvements to remote desktop capability.
A Relatively minor update, the big draw of the latest update for Meta’s remote collaboration software is a beach environment that places your workspace in a tropical, relaxing seaside enclosure.
Beach day workday
Horizon Workrooms v1.3 – VR Work Environment – Create a new environment for VR, and collaborate with other VR workers.
— Meta Quest (@MetaQuestVR) March 15, 2022
As you can see, the environment is very Greek-inspired. If you can’t be in Santorini on holiday, I guess working in a virtual room that looks somewhat similar is the next best thing?
Besides the beach environment, you’re also now able to high-five colleagues in Workrooms — doing so will display a new effect.
Other significant changes in this update are found in Workrooms’ remote desktop functionality. Workrooms supports streaming desktop audio to your workspace using remote desktop from your Mac or PC. Previously, you could only stream your desktop’s video feed without audio. This change is useful for sharing videos and similar content to colleagues. It all depends on the latency between audio and video feed.
Audio streaming aside, Meta also notes that it’s made other improvements to Workrooms’ remote desktop features, particularly in relation to “discovery and connectivity, as well as general app stability.”
This update for Workrooms comes on the heels of 1.2, which introduced more room customization, room themes and custom graphics for walls. It also included a lectern to allow you to present to a group.
You can still see the support for native integration in Workrooms of Zoom meetings, which was announced in September as part the new partnership.
Horizon Workrooms Version 1.3 is now availableQuest headsets
