ijeffM to [email protected]English • 11 months agoWe almost got the Google Play Store on Meta Quest headsetswww.androidcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down14
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minus-square@hperrinlinkEnglish6•11 months agoIs it able to run regular Android apps? I’d imagine the entire graphics API is completely different.
minus-squareGraylinkEnglish7•11 months agoThe quest already runs android, so in theory all the support is already there for Vulkan and OpenGL since it runs a regular-ish Snapdragon phone SoC.
minus-squareijeffOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-211 months agoYep. Runs regular sideloaded APKs including emulators.
minus-square@hperrinlinkEnglish3•11 months agoInteresting. How does it display them visually? Is it, like, a floating window?
minus-squareDie4EverlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoYeah on my Quest 3 I’ve sideloaded F-Droid, Jerboa, and ScummVM
minus-squareDie4EverlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoeven without Jerboa, the website itself works well the Quest’s web browser is really good even for Twitch, Youtube, Discord
Is it able to run regular Android apps? I’d imagine the entire graphics API is completely different.
The quest already runs android, so in theory all the support is already there for Vulkan and OpenGL since it runs a regular-ish Snapdragon phone SoC.
Yep. Runs regular sideloaded APKs including emulators.
Interesting. How does it display them visually? Is it, like, a floating window?
Pretty much!
Yeah on my Quest 3 I’ve sideloaded F-Droid, Jerboa, and ScummVM
Yo, VR Lemmy! :D
even without Jerboa, the website itself works well
the Quest’s web browser is really good even for Twitch, Youtube, Discord
It’s Android, yes