Facebook parent company Meta made a big virtual reality move at its Meta Connect developer conference on Tuesday, but is the company’s new high-end headset a winner?
Facebook parent company Meta bust out a big virtual reality move at its Meta Connect developer conference on Tuesday, but is the company’s new high-end headset a winner?
The metaverse is the future, as far as the company formerly known as Facebook is concerned. Last year, when the technology giant morphed into Meta, it described the metaverse as a “hybrid of today’s online social experiences” that can be expanded into three dimensions or projected into the physical world. At Meta Connect, Zuckerberg added some more flesh to the bones of the much-hyped metaverse.
Enter the new Quest Pro headset, which represents a major upgrade on Meta’s existing Quest 2 offering, but with a price tag to match.“While the Quest Pro has an impressive feature set, we struggle to see adoption at a $1,499 price point and with limited battery life ,” wrote KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Justin Patterson, in a note released on Tuesday.New features on the device include thinner lenses, newly designed remotes, face tracking cameras, a charging dock, and the new Qualcomm Inc.
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