Meta Horizon OS Will Be Open To Third-Party Hardware

The company’s blog post shared on Monday reveals that Meta’s operating system Meta Horizon OS will work on devices beyond Meta Quest, starting with the first three partners: Asus, Lenovo, and Xbox.

As Meta explained, the growth of the mixed reality market and the rising popularity of various use cases have created new opportunities for specialized hardware, and Meta believes that users benefit best from a broad hardware ecosystem producing devices for multiple purposes while running on a common platform.

This marks a major shift in the company strategy, moving away from Apple’s closed model and, inspired by the PC industry, Meta Horizon OS will provide developers with technology, social layer, and other frameworks for third-party headset manufacturers.