In the vein of starting its push into the virtual assistant realm, Facebook adds the phrase “Hey Facebook” to both the Oculus Quest 2 and Portal, the company’s video conferencing device, to wake both from sleep. The new trigger phrase should be rolling out on devices immediately.
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Facebook has been working on different forms of an AI assistant for a while now, including the M assistant on Facebook’s popular messenger app. Voice commands are not new for the Oculus Quest; the headset has had it for some time and could be triggered via physical actions. Now Facebook has stepped up its attempts to move into a more hands-free operation by adding the phrase “Hey Facebook” as the folks at the company start to push the FB platform into Oculus VR. In an announcement (opens in new tab), Facebook clarifies that the wake-up phrase’s use is purely optional and up to the user to enable as it is disabled natively.
