Meta makes Oculus VR health knowledge out there in Apple Well being

Meta and Apple are enjoying good with one another, and meaning you possibly can entry your Oculus Quest VR exercise stats straight on an iOS gadget.

Meta introduced two new updates to Oculus Transfer, its built-in health monitoring app on the Quest VR headset, which might be set to roll out subsequent month. The updates embody a brand new Oculus Transfer cellular app for iOS and Android, the place exercise knowledge like energy burned and minutes spent exercising in VR might be seen in your telephone. Beforehand, this knowledge may solely be accessed within the Oculus Transfer app on the headset.

The replace additionally permits Apple customers to straight sync Oculus Transfer knowledge with the Apple Well being app, eliminating the necessity to manually enter VR exercise stats if desired. This comes proper as rumors proceed to flow into about Apple’s personal mixed-reality headset, which is whispered to debut later this 12 months and would presumably allow you to synch related stats with its current ecosystem.

The combination transfer will hopefully make health monitoring extra centralized for Apple and Android customers alike, though the direct hyperlink with Apple’s Well being app appears much more helpful than the separate app for under Oculus Transfer stats. Meta makes no particular point out of any plans to sync knowledge with Google Match or Samsung Well being at the moment, however does plan to proceed “exploring integrations with further health monitoring platforms for the long run.”