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12Oct/22Off

Meta Debuts $1,500 VR Headset Targeting Working Professionals

... The new headset is also much pricier than its predecessor — it will cost $1,500, or three times the price of the Quest 2, in part because the company is targeting more serious working professionals. ...

The device includes face- and eye-tracking, which can be used to humanize avatars so that conversations in VR feel more personal. It also has what Meta calls a “full-color mixed reality experience,” which uses cameras on the outside of the headset to let people see the world around them and overlay graphics while wearing the device. (The Quest 2 also has this mixed reality feature, but only in black and white.) ...

Meta is also launching new “self-tracking” controllers alongside its new headset, which means each controller has built-in sensors that can “track their position in 3D space independent of the headset,” according to Meta’s blog post about the product. ...

The company is working on a wristband that can detect neurological signals in humans and turn those signals into outputs on a digital screen. The technology essentially turns the human hand into a remote control, a helpful tool when trying to operate a pair of smart glasses. ...

See the full story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-11/meta-announces-1-500-quest-pro-virtual-reality-headset

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