Leaked Quest Theater Environment Hints at Meta’s Potential Move into Social VR and Bigscreen

Whoa, okay, so there’s this thing I stumbled upon, right? Meta’s cooking up something new for their Horizon OS. Picture this: you’re wearing a Quest headset and suddenly you’re plopped into this massive virtual theater. Yeah, like you’ve got a personal cinema without leaving your couch. Wild, right?

Anyway—wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah, the juicy part. Someone ‘accidentally’ leaked this prototype — reminds me of how my coffee spills when I’m not careful. Anyway, it kinda gives off those Bigscreen vibes. You know, where folks gather in VR, munch on virtual popcorn, and watch stuff together. So, apparently, Meta is brainstorming this multiplayer thing. Fingers crossed it’s not just all talk.

Switching gears for a sec, remember Mark Rabkin? He was working on this before, sort of like planting seeds that might finally bloom, who knows? Meta tried a bunch of theater-style things before but none really stuck, like spaghetti thrown at a wall.

Oh! And recently this guy, ‘lukegotbored’—weird name, right?—he found himself in this early version. Total oopsie. Imagine wandering around a tech jungle and, whoops, new feature unlocked! The video he posted had this cool sci-fi theater setup. They were watching something from Hot Ones. Spicy!

But here’s the kicker—can Meta mimic Bigscreen’s special sauce? Something about Bigscreen lets you stream channels and even toss in your own content, which sounds pretty rad. But! Bigscreen skirts around those tricky legal waters. Meta might find that a tighter rope to walk. Picture an imaginary army swooping in to zap unlicensed streams in Horizon Worlds.

Oh, speaking of wrangling tech magic, back in the day Meta kinda borrowed ideas from Virtual Desktop. So, no surprise if they’re at it again, but, like, hopefully in a good way?

And wow, there’s this thing called Connect 2025 coming up. September 17th, mark those calendars. Feels like we’re peeking into a crystal ball, curious to see what shakes out. Anyway, guess we’ll wait and hope this theater thing really pops.