Quest — Process

Role: primary headset for place-based VR rooms (e.g. Vestal House VR Room). Targets Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S.

Market notes (Sept 2026)

• Meta cut Reality Labs and closed most first-party studios in January 2026, promising more focus on third-party content.
• Commercial Quest SKUs were discontinued and Horizon Managed Services became free (Feb 2026); HMS support ends in January 2030. Buy consumer units, add reseller warranties, and manage with ArborXR or ManageXR (kiosk/shared mode).
• Quest 4 is rumored, not announced. Keep builds on OpenXR so they port to Vive or Android XR.

Build settings (Unreal 5.8)

• OpenXR + Meta XR plugin; mobile forward renderer; MSAA; fixed foveated rendering; Application SpaceWarp where it helps.
• MetaHuman Optimized assembly, hair cards, 1–2 characters max; baked lighting.
• Target 72–90 fps; profile with Meta's tools on device.
• Seated default, teleport only, comfort vignette; 12–20 minute sessions.
• Q&A only on the venue SSID; offline = monologue + look-around.

Venue operations

Charging/sanitizing cabinet · 20% spare units · MDM kiosk mode locks to the experience · staff start/stop script · hygiene covers.

Owners: XR engineer, venue ops. Tutorials: Quest — Tutorials