Meta is making the Quest 2’s GPU extra highly effective

Meta is giving Quest 2 builders 7 % extra GPU compute energy to work with, that means apps and video games on the headset you already personal may look a bit of bit higher someday quickly.

For builders, the elevated energy ought to “improve your ability to leverage higher pixel density without substantially reducing the resolution in order to hit the target frame rate,” Meta wrote in a blog post. Phrased a distinct means, “this means your apps’ visuals will look even better—without sacrificing resolution quality,” Meta says.

The change is feasible due to the Quest utilizing a brand new 525MHz GPU frequency, which is up from the earlier 490MHz, and Meta’s “dynamic clocking system” will routinely up the frequency when it senses an app might use it. Unfortunately, it is going to be a bit of clunky to make use of, no less than at first. For now, you’ll should open an app, take off your Quest 2, after which put it again on to make the most of the elevated energy. Starting with the Quest 2’s v49 replace, the elevated energy might be out there in an app instantly. But we is likely to be ready only a bit for that replace since Meta solely launched v47 at first of December.

Meta’s weblog put up doesn’t say if this GPU enhance will have an effect on battery life in any respect, and the corporate didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. But that is nonetheless a fairly cool factor for Meta to do, particularly greater than two years after the unique launch of the Quest 2. And it’s simply the most recent piece of main performance Meta has added to the headset post-launch, an inventory that already contains issues like two refresh price enhancements and voice instructions.