What you need to know
- Instagram receives a test, graciousness of Meta’s reality laboratories which brings an immersive 3D experience to the 2D photos of the platform.
- The scrolling on Instagram via a meta quest becomes more spatial in this test, which Android XR is supposed to do.
- A limited group of testers will soon find an immersive 3D experience for Instagram 2D photos while scrolling using a quest.
Instagram would have started a test that brings a more realistic experience to the photos, thanks to another Meta team.
In a meta blogThe company announced that it brought a little of its magic of reality to a limited group of users on Instagram this week. What this test includes are 3D photos. This new way of discovering photos while scrolling on Instagram is only available via the Meta Quest VR helmet.
The Meta States Instagram test will take advantage of “Ai View synthetic algorithms of Reality Labs” to convert your typical flat photo (2D) into immersive 3D format.
This simulated “immersion” is made by giving 2D images of “depth”, by meta. The company claims that users will be able to “see” a little movement in these photos which give them a more realistic appearance. Meta gives the example of seeing the arc of a flying football ball in the air or the little most cute Esquimau kiss.
As indicated above, this test is limited to everyone will not see these 3D photos on Instagram when wearing a quest helmet. In addition, it can take some time before those involved will see it, so keep your eyes open.
Elsewhere, Meta detailed a new test today (May 22) for users registered with its PTC (public test channel). Users will find the new “Navigator”, which is your new house for your applications, games, friends, settings, etc. Testers can pin up to 10 applications in their library for faster access. However, if you don’t want to pin anything, the library will show your most recently used applications, which (in a way) serves the same goal.
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Regarding the Instagram spatial scrolling test, Meta already does what Android XR hear To do on Google’s applications. Android XR had its time in the sun during E / S 2025, which involved the company discussing its plans of smart glasses and armed glasses powered by Gemini. During the event, Nishtha Bhatia, product manager, building and providing consumption experiences at Google, has the arrangement of the company’s glasses.
More specifically, Bhatia has shown Gemini’s memory capacities. It was something we saw once before during the Google Ted 2025 demo. Bhatia asked Gemini if he remembered the name of a coffee on a cup. Gemini remembers, pulling him quickly for the display, as well as a description of the coffee. The AI also offered instructions to this coffee.
