Mark Zuckerberg shares glimpses of Quest 3 blended actuality headsets

In a bid to get properly from the declining revenues throughout the Reality Labs segments, the Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s next-generation blended actuality headset on Thursday. The Quest 3 coloration blended actuality headsets is coming sooner than rival Apple is planning the launch of VR/AR blended actuality headset by means of the Apple WWDC 2023.

Quest 3 will combine the augmented and digital actuality (AR/VR) elements and is predicted to be 40% thinner than the company’s earlier headset. The blended actuality headset is predicted to be priced at $499 ( ₹41,000).

Mark Zuckerberg said the upcoming Quest 3 will attribute an upgraded Qualcomm chipset that offers double the graphics effectivity compared with its predecessor. The Meta CEO launched that the gadget is scheduled to be launched throughout the autumn and warranted that extra information regarding its specs will seemingly be shared by means of the agency’s annual AR/VR conference on 27 September.

The switch is seen as an strive by Meta to proceed its dominance throughout the VR headset markets the place at current the company has a big keep. Meta’s items comprised nearly 80% of the 8.8 million digital actuality headsets purchased in 2022, market evaluation company IDC estimates said.

Despite such dominance obtainable out there, Meta’s imaginative and prescient of an immersive “metaverse” of interconnected digital worlds continues to be in progress and the tempo of market progress previous gaming communities is gradual.

Quest worth low cost

In an effort to stimulate demand, Meta decreased the prices of its current Quest headsets in March, following a earlier worth enhance for the entry-level Quest 2 128 GB mannequin in July 2022.

The high-end Meta Quest Pro, initially priced at $1,500 upon its launch, now sells for about $1,000. Similarly, the Quest 2’s 256 GB mannequin now begins at spherical $430, down from its distinctive worth of $500.

Recently, the company launched that it may extra decrease the prices of the Quest 2 starting June 4. The entry-level gadget will revert once more to its preliminary worth of $300, whereas the 256 GB mannequin will seemingly be accessible for $350.

(With firm inputs)

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Updated: 01 Jun 2023, 10:49 PM IST