Facebook owner Meta unveils new $1,500 virtual reality glasses targeting businesses

FB The parent company is dead Unveiled a virtual reality headset at a whopping $1,500 price tag. Meta hopes the new Meta Quest Pro headset will entice people to work and play in a still-elusive place called the ‘metaverse’.

Meta is in the midst of an institutional transformation that she says will take years to complete. The company is trying to develop from a Social Media Provider into a dominant force in building an emerging virtual reality called the metaverse – sort of like the internet being revived, or at least rendered in 3D.

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The new headset costs $1,100 more than the Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) and contains new technologies such as high-resolution sensors that let people see virtual reality and mixed augmented reality in full colour. It also has new eye-tracking technology and “natural facial expressions” that mimic the wearer’s facial movements, so their avatars look natural when interacting with other avatars in virtual reality environments.

Meta competitor HTC is selling its complete Vive Pro 2 for $2,199 According to the HTC Vive website. The complete system includes motion controllers and Steam VR base stations, which are mandatory for playback.

The Meta Quest Pro headset during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. (Michael Nagel/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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“Meta is positioning the new Meta Quest Pro headset as an alternative to laptop use,” said Rolf Ellenberger, founder and director of VRdirect, which builds virtual reality environments for businesses. But he added that for companies, working in the virtual worlds of Metaverse is still “a bit of an extension.”

VR headsets are popular with some gamers, but Meta knows that won’t be enough Make the metaverse mainstream. As such, it puts the office — and the home office — in sight.

Horizon Workrooms during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. (Michael Nagel/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg He described the metaverse as an immersive virtual environment, a place where people can “enter” rather than just stare at a screen. The company is investing billions in its metaverse plans that will likely take years to come to fruition.

Meta Quest Pro is now available for pre-order for $1499.99 and will launch on October 25th. It’s now Available for pre-order on Amazon.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.