The four titles available to try were essentially VR ports of Nintendo Wii games. Those looking for an interactive at-home workout experience could do much worse however, the demo didn’t show me anything new. I definitely would not want to be forced to do an hourlong session in the company of strangers. After five minutes, I felt a little winded, then for the last five I was transported to a volcano in Ethiopia were the pace did indeed become quite intense. There were also incoming limbo sticks to duck and weave under, adding a core component to the workout. The format should be familiar to anyone who’s played “Dance Dance Revolution” or “Guitar Hero” - just punch the orbs, then punch some more.
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Then the game started and a series of floating orbs began flying toward my face. Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Once I put on my headset, the workout app transported me to an immersive Icelandic setting where boxing instructor Leanne Pedante gave me a quick tutorial on hooks, jabs and uppercuts while standing in front of a mountain.
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Meanwhile, I browsed through a list of games on the store’s so-called “wonder wall.” The vertical touchscreen showed demos of big-budget VR titles like “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond” and “Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge,” plus curiosities like a nightclub emulator and their open-universe metaverse platform called “Horizon Worlds.” Unfortunately none of these titles were available to actually try - true to the display screen’s snappy name, when it came to the quality of these marquee titles, all I could do was wonder.įor my personal demo of the Quest, I choose to try "Supernatural" at the recommendation of the staff, who said it was the most intense game. I signed up for the demo and waited for a text alerting me it was my turn, functionality clearly intended for locations in proximity to other retail. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEĪs someone who was required by their employer to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s entire presentation on the metaverse, I was particularly curious about seeing Facebook’s future through the lenses of a shiny new Quest 2, whose sleek white design comes with a price tag of $299. The game was broadcast on a large screen in the Meta Store. SFGATE culture editor Dan Gentile tries out the game "Supernatural" on the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset at the new Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., on May 4, 2022. The real reason most people will find themselves at a Meta store is to test the Quest headset. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE Nice to Meta you The interior of the new Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif. Last year SFGATE columnist Drew Magary gave a pair a test, calling them dystopian and predicting that eventually we’d all own a pair. They’re basically slick sunglasses with a hidden camera and tiny speakers. The second gadget, Ray-Ban Stories, does much less than you’d expect, for better or worse. Portal is a video conferencing tablet that was released in 2018 and had a moment in the early days of the pandemic. Jokes about the best place to vomit were received with awkward silence.Īside from the Quest, the showroom also serves as a place to test-drive two other pieces of technology. The most striking part of the showroom is the demo zone for the Quest 2, a virtual reality headset from Oculus (which Meta bought in 2014 for $2 billion), where users can play virtual reality games like "Beat Saber," "Golf Plus," fitness game "Supernatural" or, if you’re angling for some angling, "Real VR Fishing." A wall-sized video screen shows what’s going on inside the headset, while a team of Meta employees stands by with game play tips and gentle reminders to remove the headset if you feel sick.
The showroom, which is now open to the public, is roughly the size of a large three-bedroom apartment, like a miniature Apple store with the chrome swapped for blond wood and speckled marble. That’s because it’s not located in Union Square or Westfield San Francisco Centre but rather in Burlingame, tucked into the tech giant's waterfront campus just a few feet from an on-site Equator coffee shop. The first physical retail outpost of the company formerly known as Facebook is not likely to draw much foot traffic from customers who don’t wear a Meta employee badge. The exterior of the new Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., on May 4, 2022.
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