The destiny of the Meta Quest Professional is unsure – even when it wasn’t canceled (as some untimely reviews claimed), the headset is not any match for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional (which is tremendous standard, Apple says). The Fb proprietor has now apparently partnered with LG to construct a a lot improved sequel, in line with Korean publication Maeil Enterprise Newspaper.
Initially, Meta struck a take care of LG Show for OLED microdisplays. Nonetheless, that deal has been expanded to incorporate elements from sibling corporations – batteries from LG Vitality and different elements from LG Innotek.
Meta Quest Professional
The brand new headset will reportedly arrive in 2025 at a $2,000 value level. The Quest Professional initially launched at $1,500, however that was later slashed to $1,000. Each costs are means under the $3,500 price ticket of Apple’s “spatial pc” (which is predicted to launch subsequent 12 months), in order that they weren’t actually direct opponents.
Thus far there’s no phrase on what enhancements can be featured on this Meta Quest Professional 2 (or no matter it finally ends up being known as). OLED microdisplays will enhance the decision up from the Quest Professional’s 1,800 x 1,920px per eye (with 106° horizontal FoV), which is round 7 million pixels whole. For comparability, the Apple headset has 23 million pixels in whole. Anyway, Meta tends to be fairly open with the VR tech it’s creating in its labs, so we should always hear extra about this Professional headset earlier than 2025.
The upcoming Meta Quest 3
On the decrease finish of the dimensions, the Meta Quest 3 is coming this Fall at $500. However the firm has an excellent cheaper headset within the works too – a sub-$200 gadget for 2024. Be aware that this might means “$199”, but it surely’s nonetheless decrease than the $300 present price ticket of the outgoing Quest 2. Additionally, this one isn’t a part of the LG deal.
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