The app’s arrival follows an announcement eventually yr’s Meta Join convention.
Discord is available on the Meta Quest as a local app. It has been a little bit of a protracted anticipate individuals who needed to make use of the social community on their VR headsets; Meta shared last year {that a} devoted app was on the way in which from Discord. As so usually occurs, resourceful and/or savvy gamers discovered workarounds to entry the platform on their VR headsets within the interim. However the native app looks as if a notable enchancment to the expertise over sideloading or different cobbled-together options.
The Meta Quest app for Discord presents all the standard signature options, with entry to the identical servers, DMs and calls as the opposite variations. It presents some enhanced options, like robotically profiting from the VR headset’s built-in mic for calls and permitting the Discord interface to stay pinned throughout the play area whereas in sport. The app will assist streaming gameplay on to Discord from the Meta Quest and you’ll be a part of Discord calls together with your Meta avatar, in case you’re into that.
