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Meta launches virtual hangout invites in Hyperscape Capture spaces
The digital ateliers of our collective future are getting a powerful new social brushstroke, as Meta begins rolling out invite-based hangouts within its Hyperscape Capture spaces, a move that feels less like a corporate feature drop and more like the organic evolution of shared virtual experience. Imagine this: you’re an NFT collector, your walls adorned with a curated selection of generative art, but the gallery is empty.Now, with a simple link, you can summon up to seven fellow travelers—provided they’re over the age of 18—into a digital replica of your own living room, or perhaps you’d all prefer to convene for a surreal soirée in the hyper-realistic digital twin of Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen, a space where the only thing boiling over is the conversation. This isn't just another metaverse gimmick; it’s a fundamental shift towards intimate, user-generated social hubs, accessible via the Meta Quest 3 or 3S or, crucially, through the Meta Horizon mobile app bridging Android and iOS, ensuring the barrier to entry is as low as the phone in your pocket.The underlying magic is Hyperscape Capture, the spatial scanning technology Meta showcased at its Connect conference earlier this year, which transforms the physical world into a malleable digital asset. This is where the vision of Web3 art curation and the metaverse truly intersect—it’s about creating context, a sense of place, a digital *wunderkammer* that you can share with your community.The ability to scan your own home and create a personalized hangout for when physical presence is impossible is a deeply human solution to a modern problem, but the real cultural resonance lies in the ‘lookieloo’ potential, the democratization of access to celebrity spaces like Chance the Rapper’s living room. This transforms passive fandom into active, shared inhabitation, a concept familiar to anyone who has attended a digital fashion drop or a metaverse art opening.While the current party cap of eight feels intentionally cozy, mirroring the intimate gatherings of a physical dinner party, Meta’s stated ambition to raise this limit hints at future applications for larger community events, virtual gallery openings, or even interactive, live-scanned performance spaces. The gradual rollout suggests a careful, community-focused approach, letting the feature find its footing before scaling.In an era where digital interaction is often reduced to flat, disembodied text and images, this represents a push towards richer, more embodied, and spatially aware forms of connection, a canvas not just for individual expression but for collective memory-making. It’s a step towards a future where our digital and physical social lives are not separate realms but seamlessly interwoven threads in the fabric of our daily existence.
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