At this year’s Meta Connect, smart glasses may have stolen the spotlight, but Meta slipped in one of its biggest metaverse updates yet: Hyperscape.
First demoed at last year’s Connect, Hyperscape is Meta’s new technology that lets users scan real-world spaces and recreate them as immersive, photorealistic VR environments. With the rollout of Hyperscape Capture in Early Access, Quest 3 and Quest 3S owners (18+) can now scan a room in minutes, then wait a few hours for the rendering process to deliver a fully explorable digital replica.
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While the feature currently doesn’t allow users to invite friends inside their captured spaces, Meta says private links for shared worlds are on the way.
And it’s not just theoretical: Meta has already showcased Hyperscape builds of Gordon Ramsay’s Los Angeles kitchen, Chance the Rapper’s House of Kicks, the UFC Apex’s Octagon in Las Vegas, and influencer Happy Kelli’s Crocs-filled room.
The tech is powered by a mix of Gaussian Splatting, cloud rendering, and streaming, enabling real-world detail to translate seamlessly into VR on Quest headsets.
The global rollout starts today, though access will expand gradually.
Hyperscape could represent a turning point for Meta’s metaverse vision: from abstract worlds to authentic, lived-in environments that blur the line between physical and digital.
