Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR social community is getting quests. No, not Quest headsets, however in-game missions with rewards which may make its experiences extra entertaining to go to and extra attention-grabbing to return to.
With the brand new quests, which are actually in testing, you may full sure duties in a given world to earn in-game rewards like clothes on your avatar. Meta’s take a look at takes place in an expertise known as Big Mini Paddle Golf, which is about in a whimsical mini golf course the place you employ a paddle to whack a ball towards every gap. In the event you’re within the take a look at, you may entry the quests display screen from a brand new icon you’ll see within the card together with your profile image, and if you full a quest in that display screen, you’ll get a prize.
Within the case of Big Mini Paddle Golf, finishing quests like ending the course or getting a hole-in-one will earn you varied nautically-themed items of garments on your avatars by doing issues. Nevertheless it’s simple to see how quests may very well be utilized in different experiences and provide themed rewards to match. (I believe some the 20 new Horizon experiences Meta reportedly has within the works might be utilizing quests in a roundabout way.) Nonetheless, I’m additionally imagining a grim future the place huge manufacturers create worlds, quests, and particular gadgets to assist promote themselves in Meta’s metaverse. (Possibly Walmart’s subsequent metaverse world might be in Horizon.)
The quests may additionally assist Meta preserve Quest headset customers engaged, one thing that’s already confirmed to be an issue with Horizon Worlds. Most of the experiences featured for me in Horizon Worlds present playercounts within the single or low double digits, so quests may give gamers causes to spend extra time in additional worlds. Quests may make Horizon Worlds experiences extra attention-grabbing to a wider viewers when the platform expands to net and cell, which is predicted to occur this 12 months.