Watching videos on your Meta Quest VR headset is no longer a lonely experience.
Now you can watch the same VR video on the brand new Meta Horizon Home with
up to 4 of your friends at the same time in a Watch Party. You can talk to each other in Avatar
while watching, and you can even teleport in a 360 video.
Very cool.
This tutorial will teach you how to do exactly that, and what this major UPDATE means to 360 and
VR Video content creators. So, go grab your Meta Quest 2, and see you in the Metaverse!
Hey, what's up, everybody. It is your Boi Hugh here. Go without saying, to watch VR videos in
the Meta version of the Metaverse, you need a Meta Quest 2 or newer VR headset from Meta. Since you
are going to spend a long time inside VR if you are watching a 2 hours long 3D movie with your
friends in a Watch Party, you need a comfort and battery upgrade. Right here, I have the brand new
Kiwi Design Elite Strap. The side strap will NOT snap easily like the Official Oculus Elite Strap.
And it is designed for light weight and comfort. With the 52° adjustable hinge, just gently flip up
Quest 2 and you can check your surroundings. And the super large Cushions on the top and the back
supports really provide comfort wearing the Meta Quest 2 for long hours. If you are getting
a headache on long hours of VR usage, I highly recommand giving a third-party head strap like
Kiwi Design here a try. Not to mention it is half the price of the official Oculus Elite Strap.
Now the Meta Quest 2 comfort Upgrade is done.
Let's talk about the latest Meta Quest Software update - the Horizon Home and Watch Party.
I am very lucky to be among the selective few content creators who get to check out before
its official release. It is really cool and gives me so much hope for the future of VR filmmaking.
This is huge for VR content creators. Your content now has the potential to reach a lot
more audiences. Others can use your content as an educational tool in virtual school. For example,
our recent release Boston Historical Tour is used in lots of high schools' remote classes for
teachers to teach their students American History. Some of my viewers are using our travel content,
like the Tokyo piece right here, to do virtual group travel in 360.
And some of my friends went to RAVE virtually with my Justin Jay Wisdome 3D 360 piece
right here. This is not an Unreal Engine fake 3D environment we are talking about. This is a
live capture of an actual immersive RAVE that costs $120 to attach in person.
Now you can do it free with friends right in your Meta Horizon Home! How cool.
Creating a Watch Party is easy. 1st, make sure you update your
Meta Quest 2 to the latest firmware. 2nd, Go to People on your main menu,
and create a Party. You can invite your online friends to the party by either
using the Meta Chat app or your messager. 3rd, when your friend accepts your invites,
they can teleport to your Meta Horizon Home. You will see their avatars and hear their voice
okay let's let's play something let's see if they actually work
okay why do you have gauges in your ear are you $%$#% I always had a gauges i just don't wear them
okay let's let's watch let's watch it dancing girl your avatar is $&@% fourth open up tv app pick any
2d 360 3d 360 or via one of the video to watch check out my tv channel hill ho right here for
travel and educational content or Metaverse stage right here for music and dance content you see it
you see a video
you don't see any
No, it is not playing.
Okay now it is sync (she clicked the accept button)
you think you see yourself right there fifth after you hit play your friend will see a notification
to invite them to watch the vr video together your friend had to confirm in order to watch the video
this is a step most people fail to do make sure to tell your friends
to find the notification and hit confirm watch
as the video will not automatically play on their meta quest 2 what's the point of teleporting
on the button there but there's only so many places you could teleport let's try mono i'm
going to teleport all of them Accept my play are you are you going here oh you're here you're here
Lame!
There you go. Now you are watching the same video together in the Metaverse.
Here are several things you need to know about Watch Party.
You will not be able to screen-record the video for copyright protection reasons.
That is why you see only me and Keeley avatars here. The rest is black. We are
actually watching the video together. We just can not record the video we are watching.
If the video is 3D, like my St. Thomas US Virgin Island travel video here,
you and your friends will see true 3D. You can teleport close to your friends in any 360 video.
But you can not teleport into the video, unfortunately. It is still a 3DoF video
For VR180 video, you and your friends will watch the video side by side.
Teleporting feature is disabled for the best viewing experience.
I am watching the latest Karen X Cheng VR180 dance experience in the Metaverse. It is a phenomenal
piece. You should def go check it out. You have full video control - play,
pause, seek, fast forward. You can basically be a virtual VJ - to create the best
viewing experience for your friends. It is a great skill to master in the Metaverse
You can go see a music show with your friends as well - like the new Post
Malcon Horizon Block party performance. It is better than a real show in my opinion!
So, hopefully now you know how to host your own watch party in the Metaverse. If you need
suggestions of the best in class 3D 360 videos or VR180 videos,
I will highly recommand checking out our Oculus TV channel - Metaverse Stage right here.
We have live music shows with ambisonic spatial audio,
which work great in Watch Party. Here are coupled shows you should check out.
If you like dance parties, check out our shuttle series right here. This video now
has almost a million views on Oculus TV. Want to watch a 3D 360 Rom-com with your
lady friend who has a Meta Quest 2? Check out our latest film, In Tandem,
right here. And you are welcome, gentlemen. For the best travel series, go to my channel
Hugh Hou. I got a playlist for you to travel around the world with your friends.
There are other amazing contents on Oculus TV, like the Soloist here you should check out.
Endless entertainment and educational content are waiting for you and your friends. So what
are you waiting for? Create a watch party now and invite me. Maybe I will join your watch party!
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I will see you next time or see you in the metaverse.