Meta unveiled its high-end digital and blended actuality headset Quest Pro in October final yr. Now, the Facebook mum or dad appears to be investing closely in the direction of its metaverse plans with a flurry of AR (augmented actuality) and VR (digital actuality) merchandise. Meta is reportedly gearing as much as launch its first pair of good glasses with a show in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch designed to manage them. Meta’s AR glasses are anticipated to go official later in 2027, as per the report. The doable roadmap of the social media large for this yr is prone to comprise a Quest 3 headset as nicely. It might additionally unveil a headset codenamed Ventura in 2024.
A report by The Verge has leaked Meta’s doable roadmap for a number of AR and VR merchandise in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2027. The report, citing workers of Meta’s Reality Labs division, states that Meta Quest 3 headset that includes blended actuality experiences shall be unveiled later this yr. The flagship headset is anticipated to price greater than the present Quest 2 and could possibly be twice as skinny and highly effective because the predecessor. The Meta Quest 3 might embody 41 new apps and video games.
To recall, the Quest 2 was unveiled with a beginning price ticket of $399 (roughly Rs. 32,000). Meta’s Vice President for VR reportedly confirmed that it had offered nearly 20 million Quest headsets thus far. As per the report, he additionally acknowledged that the present Quest is struggling to maintain new customers engaged.
The report additional means that the Mark Zuckerberg led firm is planning to ship a extra “accessible” headset codenamed Ventura subsequent yr. Thenceforth, the corporate might introduce a sophisticated headset codenamed La Jolla, that includes photorealistic Codec Avatars.
Moreover, the report, quoting Alex Himel, Meta’s Vice President for AR, states that the corporate will unveil the second technology of its Ray-Ban Stories this fall. The augmented actuality glasses have been developed in partnership with Ray-Ban’s mum or dad Luxottica.
In 2025, the corporate will reportedly unveil the third technology of good glasses with a“viewfinder” show for viewing incoming texts, scan QR codes, and translating texts from one other language in actual time. The glasses shall be launched alongside a “neural interface” band that will enable customers to manage them by way of hand gestures. Additionally, Meta can be reportedly creating a smartwatch that may work with good glasses.
Further, Meta is reportedly contemplating to unveil its long-rumoured AR glasses, codenamed Orion, internally for workers in 2024. It could possibly be launched for the general public after 2027.
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