New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- Meta is trying something that feels more grounded than its usual metaverse talk. Hyperscape, the feature that turns a real room into a photoreal VR space, is now getting a social layer. This is not another stylised Horizon hangout. It is a direct digital twin of a real place you have scanned yourself. Until this week, those scans were private. You could step into a digital twin of your own living room, or roam a celebrity scan Meta had set up, but you did it on your own. Now the company is rolling out the option to invite people in, so a Hyperscape room can finally be a hangout instead of a solo demo.

The way Hyperscape works is still the same. You wear a Quest 3 or Quest 3S, open the capture app, and slowly walk ar...