Join Work Meetings as Your Avatar: ‘Zoom’ App Launches on Quest

Alright, here we go—let’s dive in.

So, Meta did a thing. They just tossed an official Zoom app into the Horizon Store, which basically means you can now sit in your living room, with your Quest headset on, looking like an avatar of… yourself? Probably. And BAM, you’re in an online meeting. Wild, right?

Ah, but don’t go thinking this is some groundbreaking deal. Back in 2021, Quest folks already had a taste of Zoom through Horizon Workrooms. That was a whole immersive face-to-face thing—like, throw your webcam buddies into the VR space kind of deal. But, um, it was kinda its own beast.

Now, fast forward. You want Zoom. Just Zoom. Nothing but Zoom? You get this standalone thingy—for free, mind you. They’re calling it a “seamless extension,” whatever that means. If you’ve been Zooming on your phone or comp, you’ll just nod and smile.

And the big reveal? Yeah, try wrapping your head around this—your meetings can now star your Horizon Worlds avatar. No, not in some VR dreamland like Workrooms; it slaps your avatar into a flat, 2D view for everyone. VR peeps, regular webcam folks, the whole lot. Picture that!

So, will people actually want to jump into meetings as their Meta avatar? That’s a noodle scratcher. They’ve jazzed them up over time, but they’re still rocking that cartoon vibe. Remember Apple’s slick Persona avatars dropping with Vision OS 26? Such a high bar. Oh, and Vision Pro beat them to the Zoom punch way back in Feb 2024. Classic.

But hey, free stuff, right? If curiosity piques, you just snag the Zoom Workplace app from the Horizon Store. Same ol’ login, whether you’re on your phone or desktop. Boom. You’re Zooming as a digital you.

And there you have it. No clue if this changes the game or just creates another flavor of chaos.

Yeah, that’s it.