what you need to know
- Horizon World now offers a new instant replay feature that allows players to instantly save gameplay footage.
- Instant Replay automatically saves “selected game moments” in supported worlds and sends them to the Meta Quest app library for viewing as they occur.
- Meta is also testing a new “frame budget boost” feature to improve performance in Horizon Worlds.
Every gamer has asked, “Did you see that?” moment. On consoles such as PS5, Xbox Series Now, Meta is testing a similar feature in its Horizon Worlds social app so gamers can spend more time playing and less time recording.
Meta calls this feature “Instant Replay,” which automatically saves “selected moments” in a world when set up by the world’s creator. When these moments are captured, they’re automatically sent to the gallery on the headset (also accessible through the Meta Quest smartphone app), where you can view and choose whether you want to share them.
In Horizon Worlds, any world that supports the new feature will have a new camera icon on the world page. When you enter a world that supports Instant Replay, you’ll also receive notifications about headset support features. Meta allows players to disable the feature by going to Settings, General, and then selecting Instant Replay “Off” in the Horizon World app.
Android Central has reached out to Meta to ask if Instant Replay could be featured in the best Meta Quest games, but they didn’t get back to us in time for publication. We will update this article once we have more information.
Over the years, Meta has significantly improved the game capture experience with the Meta Quest headset. The original Oculus Quest’s capture was low-resolution and unreliable, but Meta Quest 2 improves on this. Meta Quest 3 launched with the option to record gameplay in 16:9 1080p quality.
Late last year, Meta released Casting 2.0 for developers, which allows ultra-wide video capture, but at the expense of some capture performance. This mode is only available in the Meta Quest Developer Center. Thankfully, there are tutorials out there that make getting started relatively easy.
The auto-capture feature will be the best new addition yet, as it means players won’t need to manually start recording before starting a gaming session.
In addition to instant replay, Meta is also testing a new “frame budget boost” feature that will be automatically enabled for all worlds and can improve performance in some cases. Meta encourages world creators to review new tools to see if it makes sense to keep them enabled for their worlds.
All of this is part of Meta’s efforts to make Horizon Worlds more accessible and usable. Last fall, the company began expanding Horizon Worlds beyond VR, and better performance and auto-capture features helped drive the game’s popularity in similar apps like Rec Room and Roblox.
Meta Quest 3 gets better every month, with new features and a growing library of must-have VR games.