Meta Quest Move to Add Health Connect for Google, Android to Record VR Workouts

Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 12 January 2023, 01:01 am

Meta will be soon adding a new feature for the Quest Move called "Health Connect" for its integration with Google and Android. This upcoming integration would help record activities done with the VR experience including workouts and other exercises that monitors a person's progress for additional data to add to connected smartwatches or apps.

There would be no need to manually enter this information in the future as Meta's native Quest Move app will soon utilize this and do it automatically for its users.

Meta Quest Move: Health Connect is Coming

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Gavin Menichini, using the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, gives a demonstration of the Immersed Virtual Reality program which can be used for many applications including virtual meetings at the Immersed offices on January 28, 2022 in Austin, Texas

Meta released new information about the latest integration for its Quest Move experience on VR headsets and devices. This latest blog post details what to expect from the VR headsets in the future, especially with its Move which can deliver data and information to the Meta Quest app and the Health Connect by Android.

According to the release, instead of manually transporting their data from their VR workouts and exercises, it would automatically take this when it connects to the Android health experience.

It made this Android Health Connect possible through the previous sync capabilities of the Quest Move and Meta Quest app to bring the needed data from one source to another.

The Health Connect app is now available in its beta testing mode from the Google Play Store.

Meta's VR Workout Data

Meta said that workout is fun with VR, and everything that people experience here requires motor movement, responses, and other controls to maximize one's use of the virtual platform.

Now, one's VR workout data will automatically be recorded via the Health Connect, and it would supply this data to other apps which also need this information to record one's fitness activities.

Meta's VR Program

Meta's VR program is a world-renowned one, and its acquisition of Oculus helped in jumpstarting its focus and capabilities toward the virtual world that is available to all. The latest wearable from Mark Zuckerberg's company is the. Meta Quest Pro and this is the company's top-of-the-line VR device previously referred to as "Project Cambria."

The original headset under the Oculus lineup will stop receiving updates from the company, particularly with the renowned Quest VR. While this does not make the VR device entirely obsolete, users may still play games and access several experiences, but can no longer use social features like communication and joining parties.

There is a massive focus on Meta's VR program because of its goals to create the first digital reality experience for the world, the metaverse. And while that is still something that users need to wait for, current experiences with Meta's VR will receive the Health Connect feature to record all their progress for fitness needs.