Meta Quest Tests 3D Movies, Teases Horizon+ Bundle
Meta's Quest TV app has quietly begun listing 3D movies, and hidden code suggests they could soon join the Horizon+ subscription. For everyday headset owners, that means paid movie nights might fold into a plan you may already own, part of Meta's broader push toward VR as a mainstream media device.
What actually happened
At Meta Connect 2026 in September, Meta announced Meta VR Glasses and said US Quest owners would rent or buy 'hundreds' of movies by late 2026, growing to 'thousands' worldwide by the glasses' 2027 launch, according to UploadVR. Quest 3 and 3S users have now spotted a small batch of 3D titles, mostly Disney-owned, inside the TV app, purchasable through the Meta Horizon Store without a Disney+ subscription. Dataminers Nori and Nikita found a hidden TV app screen hinting these movies may join Horizon+, Meta's $8/month (USD) or $60/year (USD) VR subscription, possibly rebranded as Meta VR+. Horizon+ already bundles about 100 games and passed 1 million active subscribers in 2025, as of February 2026.
How we got here
Meta has spent 2026 pulling Horizon Worlds branding away from the core Quest platform, and the TV app update fits that pattern. Disney+ on Quest is also being rebuilt this month, adding a spatial interface, 3D playback, and immersive environments already live on Apple's visionOS app. At GDC in March, Meta's Director of Games Chris Pruett said the company expects 'more Mainstream Adults to enter VR through media consumption first, then discover games once they are in-headset,' describing viewers who sit and watch without controllers.
Why this matters for you
If 3D movies land inside Horizon+, subscribers get more value for the same $8 (USD) monthly fee, stacking film titles onto roughly 100 games and existing Xbox cloud hours. Casual Quest owners gain a reason to open the TV app without a separate Disney+ bill. For Meta, media-first adoption widens the funnel before Meta VR Glasses arrive in 2027. For wallet and payments builders watching the wearables space, including teams behind bonuz, growing headset subscription habits hint at where future in-headset purchases and digital identity tools might eventually need to work.
The bigger question
Can bundling movies into a VR subscription actually turn casual watchers into regular headset users, or will games remain the real reason people strap one on? Meta is betting that content pulls mainstream adults into VR before controllers do. Whether that habit sticks past a few movie nights, or fades once the novelty wears off, stays an open question as the smart glasses era approaches.
What to watch
Watch for the rebuilt Disney+ app on Quest later this month, the promised 'thousands'-title movie catalog by late 2026, and any official word on a Horizon+ to Meta VR+ rename. The bigger test lands in 2027, when Meta VR Glasses ship and these media features reach beyond the Quest headsets bonuz.market keeps an eye on.
