The Quest system UI overhaul launched to testers in Could, with key enhancements however an unpleasant semi-opaque gray “cloud” background. Now, Meta has gotten rid of it.
The Quest UI overhaul, known as Navigator, began its preliminary rollout with Horizon OS v77 in late Could, and stays solely obtainable to folks enrolled within the Public Check Channel (PTC), the working system’s open beta.
Navigator strikes the primary system interfaces like Library, Fast Controls, Notifications and Digicam into a brand new massive overlay that seems over each immersive and 2D apps, a serious enchancment from the earlier method of those being in panels which might be handled like another 2D app. It means system interfaces will now not shift round when opening different home windows, and makes it simpler to launch new apps. Navigator’s library additionally lets you pin as much as 10 gadgets, considerably akin to the beginning menu on Home windows.
To date, so good, proper?
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Meta is rolling out the Horizon OS interface overhaul to some Quest homeowners on the PTC, and can deliver it to everybody “over the approaching months”.
The issue is that at launch, Navigator additionally had a murky gray background with an oval form. It was seemingly supposed to enhance distinction. However in addition to obscuring your view of what was behind it, be it passthrough or a digital world, it simply did not look good.
Firstly of the month, a number of Quest homeowners on the PTC seen that Navigator’s background had been eliminated. And now, it appears to be gone for everybody.
As an alternative of the semi-opaque gray cloud, opening Navigator now merely barely dims the background, be it passthrough or digital.
In an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on his Instagram earlier this week, Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth mentioned that he personally made the change, after not seeing the sooner design till too late, and disliking it when he did.
There’s nonetheless no phrase on when Navigator will roll out to Quest homeowners on the steady launch channel, however in Could Meta mentioned it is “anticipated to roll out steadily to all customers over the approaching months”.
