Meta Reportedly Rebranding Horizon+ to ‘Meta VR+’, Adding Popular 3D Films to Game Service

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Meta may soon rebrand Horizon+, its VR game subscription service for Quest, to ‘Meta VR+’, as the company appears to be bundling a number of 3D films to better appeal to Meta VR Glasses owners.

Ostensibly sourced from the latest HorizonOS 2.10 release which began rolling out late last month, dataminer ‘NT2182’ (via ‘NoriDoesVR’) has uncovered an image that suggests Meta is getting ready for another rebrand.

This time, the company is reportedly refocusing its Horizon+ game subscription service for Quest to include 3D films, and renaming it Meta VR+ the process.

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Notably, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Project Hail Mary (2026) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) are all actually owned by three different entities: Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures, and the Disney-owned Marvel Studios, respectively.

This suggests that Meta could be hand-picking specific films to license individually rather than offering a wider swath of exclusive content, like Disney+, Prime Video, or Netflix tends to do.

Meta announced in September it would begin hosting 3D Disney films via Disney+, now available to subscribers in select countries. In the past, the company also inked a multi-year partnership with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision to develop new stereoscopic content.

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This follows the unveiling of Meta VR Glasses in September. The company is differentiating the $1,300 device from its comparatively cheaper Quest 3/3S gaming platform by focusing on casual content consumption, as well as its use as a private productivity device/virtual screen.

The headset (or glasses, rather) are exceedingly light at just ~100g on-head weight, which is done by offloading the compute and battery to a tethered, pocketable puck.

While VR Glasses runs the same version of Horizon OS as Quest, the device doesn’t come with Touch controllers in the box despite supporting them as additional add-ons, focusing more on hand and eye-tracked input. You can learn more about Meta VR Glasses in our hands-on from Connect 2026.

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These Like-New Kindles Are up to $75 Off Ahead of Black Friday

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Amazon is offering early Black Friday discounts on like-new versions of its 2024 Kindles, with prices starting at $152.99 for the Paperwhite and savings of $27 to $75 across five models that include the color-screen Colorsoft and the pen-equipped Kindle Scribe. All five are a generation behind Amazon’s current lineup: The company introduced redesigned Paperwhite and Colorsoft models (plus accessories) in October, with the new Paperwhite now starting at $199.99, and replaced the 2024 Scribe with a third-generation model in December 2025. As for its “like-new” label, it means these are pre-owned devices that Amazon has tested and certified to look and work like new.

The best early Black Friday deals on refurbished Amazon Kindles

  • The Like-New Kindle Paperwhite (16GB) is down to $152.99 from $179.99 and covers just about everything most people need for everyday reading, including enough storage for thousands of ebooks. Its seven-inch, 300ppi glare-free display is larger than the previous generation’s 6.8-inch screen, with faster page turns, an adjustable warm light, IPX8 water resistance, and up to 12 weeks of battery life. As PCMag notes in its review, it’s a great option for readers who don’t need color or handwriting features.

  • The Like-New Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (32GB) is down to $190.99 from $224.99, making it just $38 more than the like-new Paperwhite (16GB). For that relatively small difference, you’re doubling the storage to 32GB and getting wireless charging, an ad-free lock screen, and a front light that automatically adjusts to your surroundings—on top of the same sharp seven-inch display, IPX8 water resistance, and up to 12 weeks of battery life as the standard Paperwhite, as noted by this PCMag review.

  • The Like-New Kindle Colorsoft (16GB) is down to $220.99 from $260.99 and offers something the Paperwhite models can’t: a color E-Ink display, which makes it well suited to comics, graphic novels, illustrated books, and travel guides. Its seven-inch screen shows that color content at 150ppi while keeping text at a sharp 300ppi, and you can mark passages in multiple highlight colors to keep your notes organized. That said, colors are noticeably more muted than on a conventional tablet, and battery life tops out at eight weeks, compared with 12 weeks on the Paperwhite.

  • The Like-New Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32GB) is down to $243.99 from $287.99, making it just $23 more than the standard like-new Colorsoft. For that modest increase, you’re getting twice the storage at 32GB, which is particularly useful for comics, manga, and graphic novels that take up more space than regular ebooks, along with wireless charging, an automatically adjusting front light, and an ad-free lock screen. However, as PCMag notes in its review, the color display produces more subdued tones than a conventional tablet, so the Paperwhite remains the more economical choice if you primarily read novels.

  • The Like-New Kindle Scribe (16GB) is down to $284.99 from $359.99, the biggest dollar discount in this roundup. Unlike the other Kindles here, it’s built for reading and writing, with a 10.2-inch, 300ppi glare-free display and a Premium Pen with an eraser and shortcut button—making it the most versatile option for readers who want an e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook.

Black Friday FAQs

Are Black Friday deals worth it?

In short, yes, Black Friday still offers discounts that can be rare throughout the rest of the year. If there’s something you want to buy, or you’re shopping for gifts, it’s a good time to look for discounts on what you need, especially tech sales, home improvement supplies, and fitness tech. Of course, if you need to save money, the best way to save is not to buy anything. 

How long do Black Friday deals really last?

Black Friday sales officially begin Friday, November 27, 2026, and run throughout “Cyber Week,” the five-day period that runs from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday,  November 30, 2026. But Black Friday and Cyber Monday dates have expanded as retailers compete for customers. You can get the same Black Friday sales early, and we expect sales to wind down by December 2, 2026.

Does Amazon have Black Friday deals?

Yes, Amazon has Black Friday sales, but prices aren’t always what they seem. Use a price tracker to make sure you’re getting the best deal, or refer to guides like our live blog that use price trackers for you. And if you have an Amazon Prime membership, make the most of it.

Our Best Editor-Vetted Early Black Friday Deals Right Now

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Meta Begins Listing 3D Movies On Quest, Could Become A Horizon+ Benefit

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A limited selection of 3D movies has begun appearing in the TV app on Quest headsets, and datamining suggests that 3D movies may become a benefit of the Meta Horizon+ subscription service.

At Meta Connect 2026 in September, alongside the reveal of Meta VR Glasses, the company announced that Quest owners in the US would be able to rent or buy “hundreds” of movies in late 2026. The company said that this catalog will eventually expand to “thousands” of titles available internationally by the time Meta VR Glasses launch in 2027.

Now, some Quest 3 and 3S owners have spotted a limited selection of 3D movies in the TV app, while Meta has also added new support articles describing the ability to rent or buy media.

The movies listed so far appear to consist primarily of Disney-owned content. Notably, they can be purchased directly through the Meta Horizon Store without an active Disney+ subscription.

Separately, the Disney+ app is set to receive its own overhaul on the platform this month, bringing a new spatial UI, support for 3D media, and several of the immersive environments also available in the Disney+ app for visionOS on Apple Vision Pro.

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Meta announced several new SDKs and features to enhance spatial apps on Quest and Meta VR Glasses, alongside major spatial updates for the NBA and Disney+ apps.
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Additionally, a page discovered in the TV app by user Nikita and shared by dataminer and programmer Nori suggests that Meta may begin offering 3D movies as part of the Horizon+ subscription service. The page also suggests that the service may be rebranded as Meta VR+.

Such a rebrand would fit with the company’s broader efforts to separate Horizon Worlds and related branding from the Quest platform, which began earlier this year.

If you’re unfamiliar, Meta Horizon+ is the company’s $8/month (or $60/year) subscription service for its VR devices. Subscribers get access to a Games Catalog of around 50 major VR titles, as well as an Indie Catalog of around 50 smaller titles, for a total of around 100 games.

Subscribers are also offered two specific games each month, pre-selected by Meta. Redeeming them lets you play those games while your subscription is active. If you cancel, you can regain access to previously redeemed games by resubscribing.

In February 2026, Meta reported that the subscription service had crossed 1 million “active subscribers” in 2025. In July, the company also added a starter edition of Xbox Game Pass to Horizon+, giving subscribers access to 50+ games and 10 hours of cloud gaming each month. More recently, the service has started regularly offering subscribers exclusive game discounts and free add-ons for games.

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Adding 3D movies to Horizon+ would align with the media focus of Meta VR Glasses and recent Horizon OS updates, as well as the strategy outlined by Meta Director of Games Chris Pruett at GDC in March.

Pruett stated that the company expects “more Mainstream Adults to enter VR through media consumption first, then discover games once they are in-headset” over the next couple of years. He described the demographic as people who “are mid-core, love Meta Horizon+, and probably play seated without controllers”.

Review: Apple’s M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it’s missing all the exciting stuff

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I’ve written more than once about the weird positioning of Apple’s entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, which has always occupied an uncomfortable perch between the MacBook Air and the higher-end MacBook Pros. The best versions of this laptop, like last year’s M5 refresh, come with the same basic design and external features of the higher-end MacBook Pros, just with a more modest processor and a lower ceiling for specs like RAM and storage.

The lesser versions stick with older designs or other compromises, reserving Apple’s most updated designs and screen technologies for the more expensive high-end models. Recall the 13-inch M1 and M2 MacBook Pros, which stuck with Apple’s 2016-era MacBook Pro designs for everything, up to and including the now-abandoned Touch Bar. (If you’re someone at Apple maintaining Touch Bar support into the 2030s for the sake of these two laptop models, I’d like to hear from you. Not for a story! I’d just like to know how you are.)

This year’s entry-level MacBook Pro mostly falls into that latter category. It does get an Apple M6 chip, and the M6 is great—rumors suggest the M6 won’t get Pro, Max, or Ultra configurations, so there are some fringe benefits here that you can’t get in the top-tier MacBook Pros. But it uses the same MacBook Pro design Apple has been using since 2021. There’s no touchscreen, no OLED panel, no Dynamic Island, no half-pound weight reduction, no glowing Apple logo on the lid.

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Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand

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Impervious to battlefield jamming, drones physically connected to human operators by miles of fiber-optic cables have become such a common weapon of war in Ukraine that trees and fields are strewn with tangled cables thinner than fishing lines. But importing such fiber-optic material from China has become more costly as drone warfare’s needs compete with global demand from AI data centers for the same limited supply—and so Ukrainian drone makers have been adapting.

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, the Ukrainians have been forced out of necessity to continually develop battlefield innovations involving first-person view (FPV) quadcopter drones and other heavier types of drones. But it was the Russian military that first deployed unjammable fiber-optic drones to repel Ukrainian forces’ cross-border incursion into the Kursk Oblast in 2024. The Ukrainians quickly followed suit in developing their own fiber-optic drones, given the drones’ capability to shrug off electronic warfare jamming that could neutralize radio-controlled drones.

Russia and Ukraine have relied on Chinese suppliers for some off-the-shelf drones and a wide array of drone components, including bulk orders of fiber wound around very large spools or sometimes small finished spools ready for installation on drones. The finished spools can hold enough fiber-optic cable for drones to regularly operate at ranges of dozens of miles, and sometimes up to 62 miles (100 kilometers) in extreme cases, as reported by the independent Russian publication The Insider.

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