A Wordle “app” is now obtainable on Quest’s Horizon Retailer, although it is actually only a contained shortcut to the web site.
Meta is selling Wordle’s arrival in an interview on its weblog by describing it as “a local expertise in blended actuality” that is “designed particularly for Quest” and set in a “distinctive digital atmosphere”, so we had been eager to see precisely what this meant.
Putting in and launching the app, although, it grew to become obvious it is merely a progressive net app (PWA) – basically a shortcut to the Wordle web site that launches in its personal devoted window. There is no such thing as a distinction in anyway in comparison with the positioning, and the summary digital atmosphere proven within the teaser is non-existent.
This mockup is totally faux, so far as we are able to inform. There is no such thing as a such digital background.
It is the identical expertise path that introduced Microsoft Phrase, Excel, and PowerPoint to Quest headsets. And it has the identical limitation: it will not work in any respect should you’re not related to the web, or even when your web cuts out.
We’re left questioning why Meta would not merely permit customers to create their very own net app shortcuts, like is already doable on iPhones, iPads, and Android telephones and tablets. It could imply you might flip any web site you wished into what Wordle is, with none effort on the developer’s facet.
Till then, we hope Meta stops describing web site shortcuts as “a local expertise in blended actuality”. Overpromising would not assist anybody; it simply creates disappointment when shoppers notice they have been misled.