Microsoft and Meta Are Bringing Windows 11 to the Quest 3 [Video]

One of the key selling points of the Apple Vision Pro is how easy it is to connect it to a Mac and use it as a large external monitor. Now, Microsoft is teaming up with Meta to play catchup for Windows.

As part of its Microsoft Ignite press conference today, the company promised to bring the “full capabilities of Windows 11 to mixed reality headsets, starting with Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S.”

Now, that doesn’t suddenly mean you can suddenly replace your PC with a VR headset—like with the Apple Vision Pro, the keyword here is streaming. While the headset will enable a virtual multi-monitor workstation (which is actually an improvement on the Vision Pro’s single monitor setup), it’ll need to connect to either your own Windows 11 PC or a cloud-based Windows 365 instance first.

Microsoft says it’ll only take “seconds to connect,” which should be an improvement over current third-party solutions like Virtual Desktop, or even …