Wednesday, October 12th 2022
Meta Announces the Quest Pro VR Headset
Today at Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg joined leaders from Reality Labs at Meta and a few special guests to showcase our progress in making the metaverse a reality. We highlighted the incredible success of Meta Quest 2, discussed how virtual reality is becoming more social, and showcased innovations for fitness, gaming and work. We also revealed Meta Quest Pro, a breakthrough device that's bringing the physical and digital worlds one giant step closer together.
In recent years, we've shared a few details about our next VR device, which we called Project Cambria. Today, we're dropping the codename and introducing Meta Quest Pro. This high-end headset will begin shipping on October 25, priced at $1,499.99 USD. You can pre-order your Meta Quest Pro on meta.com. Meta Quest Pro is the first in a new line of advanced headsets built to expand the possibilities of virtual and mixed reality. Its pancake lenses fold light over several times, reducing the size of the headset while showing sharper visuals. A new, curved battery on the back helps make Meta Quest Pro a more balanced and ergonomic headset overall.High-resolution outward-facing cameras capture 4X as many pixels as Meta Quest 2 and make Meta Quest Pro our first full-color mixed reality device. Imagine the possibilities when the physical and digital worlds can finally interact seamlessly, without you craning your neck to look down at a phone. It's also the first headset we've built that integrates inward-facing sensors to capture natural facial expressions and eye tracking. Raise an eyebrow, smile or simply make eye contact with someone, and your avatar will do the same. All of this helps improve social presence—the feeling that you're right there together with someone no matter where in the world you are.
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In recent years, we've shared a few details about our next VR device, which we called Project Cambria. Today, we're dropping the codename and introducing Meta Quest Pro. This high-end headset will begin shipping on October 25, priced at $1,499.99 USD. You can pre-order your Meta Quest Pro on meta.com. Meta Quest Pro is the first in a new line of advanced headsets built to expand the possibilities of virtual and mixed reality. Its pancake lenses fold light over several times, reducing the size of the headset while showing sharper visuals. A new, curved battery on the back helps make Meta Quest Pro a more balanced and ergonomic headset overall.High-resolution outward-facing cameras capture 4X as many pixels as Meta Quest 2 and make Meta Quest Pro our first full-color mixed reality device. Imagine the possibilities when the physical and digital worlds can finally interact seamlessly, without you craning your neck to look down at a phone. It's also the first headset we've built that integrates inward-facing sensors to capture natural facial expressions and eye tracking. Raise an eyebrow, smile or simply make eye contact with someone, and your avatar will do the same. All of this helps improve social presence—the feeling that you're right there together with someone no matter where in the world you are.
19 Comments on Meta Announces the Quest Pro VR Headset
Also, that price is crazy.
I am sure plenty of youtubers and social media types will shill it and it hype it for a bit of side money tossed their way, but in the end this is DOA in the medium term.
Why would I want to put this on my head/face to have a business meeting or meet friends? and if I want to play games the Valve Index still beats it for that. so eh.
Sadly this product is DOA for anyone who cares about controlling their own devices and having a semblance of privacy.
But regardless, ffff hell no I have a occulus rift I'm not making the same mistake twice( tbf to me face#ook didn't own occulus when I bought it but damn there presence is felt).
It's light on information is all.
www.oculus.com/blog/meta-quest-pro-price-release-date/
Hopefully there will be a Reverb G3 in the near future with pancake lenses and an OLED panel. Just a little more resolution and a little more FOV and I'm sold.
Honestly, with the inner mask gasket removed, the FOV is close to my Index's. My eyelashes barely touch the lenses on both headsets lol. The Index FOV is definitely "good enough"
Gimme a cheap one with a cable and no cloud data link, and focus on the screens as the selling point. Heck, integrate miniature projectors into glasses.