Meta 2 Augmented Reality headset with 90 degree FoV finally ships, but disappoints with lack of progress
For $949 you get the headset above, which offers a high-resolution augmented reality display with a full 90 degree field of view.
While only 1/3rd to 1/5th the price of the HoloLens however it appears you may end up getting what you are paying for.
Rather than using a wave guide display like the HoloLens and other augmented reality headsets, the device use a high-resolution 2560 x 1440 screen which reflects onto a half-silvered display in front of your eyes, which we assume is a much cheaper technology, but results in a rather bulky, protuberant and somewhat comedic headset.
Compared to the HoloLens is also does not scan the environment using sensors, and manages Inside-out 6 degrees of freedom sensing by visually processing the environment and extracting relevant movement and also the usual inertial sensors as found in a smartphone.
The headset is also tethered to an external PC (Windows 8 or Windows 10),...
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