In a move that reflects its efforts to break into the augmented and virtual reality market, Meta unveiled the Quest Pro glasses on Tuesday. The new glasses, which were unveiled at the annual "Meta connect" conference, will be on the market from October 25 at a price of $ 1500, and will allow users to interact with virtual environments against the background of the real world around them.
The company has added several updates to the Quest Pro compared to the current Quest 2 glasses, which dominate the virtual reality market. The new glasses are equipped with outward-facing cameras that transmit a live three-dimensional broadcast of the physical environment surrounding those who use them, allowing the creation of a mixed reality between the virtual and real worlds, allowing the user, for example, the ability to hang a virtual painting on a wall in the real world or make a virtual ball bounce from a real table.
The Quest Pro is also lighter and thinner than its predecessors, with thinner lenses and a battery relocated to the back of the glasses, distributing their weight more evenly while reducing overall size.
In order to fully immerse yourself in virtual reality, Meta has added sensors to QuestPro that can simulate users' eye movements and facial expressions, giving the feeling that avatars are making eye contact like humans.
Important step
The launch of “Quest Pro” represents an important step for Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, who last year announced plans to launch the device, then called “Project Cambria”, in conjunction with changing his company’s name from “Facebook” to “Meta” to emphasize the transformation of the device. The social media giant has turned to a company that operates a world of augmented virtual reality known as Metaverse.
Since then, Zuckerberg has spent billions of dollars to make that transformation possible. Realty Labs, the Meta unit responsible for managing Metaverse, lost $10.2 billion in 2021 and nearly $6 billion so far this year.
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