"Meta is rolling out tech that lets you capture a real-world space with a Quest VR headset so you can create a digital, photorealistic VR replica. The company calls the tech "Hyperscape," and as part of a gradual rollout beginning today, users will be able to use the beta Hyperscape Capture app with their Quest 3 or Quest 3S to make the virtual copies."
"I toured some prescanned rooms at Connect 2025, including Ramsay's kitchen. The rooms looked a lot like real-life rooms, and it was fun to get up close to details like food on a table or a stack of books. The illusion would break down if you got too close to things - text on a "paper" New York Times was readable, but sometimes a little smudgy - but overall, I was really impressed with the scans."
"Wearing a Quest 3 headset, I walked and looked around a room, and as I did, a virtual mesh started to appear over objects I was facing. After about a three-minute scan of the room, the app prompted me to move closer to objects. That made the mesh start to disappear, which was a clever way to show what I had "scanned" in detail. But I didn't get to finish that part before a Meta rep ended the demo."
Meta is rolling out Hyperscape, a beta capture system that lets Quest 3 and Quest 3S users scan real-world rooms to produce photorealistic VR replicas. Initial access allows only the scanner to visit scanned rooms, with private-link sharing coming soon. Scans showcased at Connect recreated detailed spaces like Gordon Ramsay's kitchen with convincing detail, though close inspection revealed occasional smudging. The Hyperscape Capture app shows a live mesh overlay during scanning and prompts users to move closer to improve detail. Completed scans upload to cloud processing for final reconstruction. Meta plans a gradual rollout and cloud-based processing schedule.
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