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Productivity

Quest for Business

Quest for Business is a set of features that is run on the consumer version of the Quest 2 headset. This program will allow you to login with a work account to collaborate with coworkers by giving users access to productivity applications. Current applications that are available include Facebook, Instagram, Smartsheet, and Spike. The addition apps like Dropbox, Monday.com, Mural, My5, Pluto TV, and Slack has been announced. Quest for Business is the successor to the existing Oculus for Business program that began winding down at the end of 2021. In 2022, Facebook plans on expanding beta testing to additional users, and in 2023, Quest for Business is targeted to be available to all businesses.

Horizon Workrooms

Horizon Workrooms is Facebook's virtual reality office meeting platform. It is a free to use software that can be accessed through video calling. In order to utilize full functionality, users need an Oculus 2 headset. Workrooms is able to support existing hardware by allowing users to connect their keyboards to provide input in virtual reality. Users are able to collaborate by using hand gestures to write on virtual whiteboards. Similarly, notes can be projected to a board in the center of the screen. People are able to communicate with each other using audio, and they are able to adjust who they are listening to by tilting their headsets towards other participants. Workers are able to customize their virtual reality space. They can do this by placing company logos or posters to personalize their environment. Third party productivity applications are available through Horizon Workrooms. In 2021 Oculus announced that Zoom Meetings and Zoom Whiteboard features would be integrated into Workrooms.