3D Instagram photos are coming to Meta Quest headsets

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Meta is beginning to test showing 3D photos on Instagram if you’re looking at your feed on a Meta Quest VR headset. “Thanks to our AI view synthesis algorithms, we can transform the existing photos that show up in Instagram feed pixel by pixel – no fancy 3D cameras required,” Meta says in a blog post. “That means flat photos that weren’t originally captured in 3D will automatically be converted into an immersive format that gives 2D images a sense of depth when you view them on Quest.” The test starts this week. “Not everyone will have access to 3D Instagram photos on Quest – and even if you’re in the test group, you may not see it right away,” Meta says. And it’s not the first time Meta has dabbled with 3D photos; the company rolled out a 3D photo feature for Facebook in 2018. The test of 3D photos in Instagram is being introduced as part of Meta Quest’s v77 upda ... Read full article.