Resources For TV Channel Developers

Movies and TV shows are on everything. They can be found on your phone, your laptop, on the back of a plane seat and, of course, that screen in your living room. But they're also on the best VR headsets today, and Meta wants you to know it.

Meta continues to update its long-standing (and standalone) VR headsets, with the latest Connect 2025 delivering a handful of new features to its Quest 3 and Quest 3S. Any mention of a Quest 4? No, but one feature that stood out was one for all the binge-watchers: Horizon TV.

It's a dedicated app with a smart TV-like interface that acts as a central hub for all streaming content, whether it be for shows, movies, immersive experiences, sports events and more. No more opening a browser on your Quest to watch a show or accessing a streaming app individually — VR now has a TV app.

It takes all the best streaming services available on a Quest headset and compiles their content into an easy-to-navigate app, not unlike the interface you'd find on an Amazon Fire TV Stick. But this time, it's all in VR, and what does that mean? An immersive, big-screen experience right before your very eyes.

Finally, the VR headset is the smart TV I want it to be. Or, that's what I was thinking before diving into binge-watching my favorite shows and movies on, well, one streaming service. Does Horizon TV make the Quest 3 the big-screen TV killer? Not quite, as there are still some quirks to iron out. But for a new way to delve into big-time movies, shows and events with 3D special effects, Meta is onto something here.

A smart TV for VR (sort of)

Meta has had issues with streaming services over the years. There was once a Netflix VR app that let you watch the likes of “Stranger Things” or “Squid Game,” but with its 480p standard resolution and lack of passthrough support, that was (thankfully) taken down in 2024.

Since then, the main way to stream any show (aside from the Amazon Prime Video app still…