Ian Hamilton / UploadVR:
Meta announces its Connect conference will be held virtually on October 11, when it is expected to debut its high-end Quest Pro standalone VR headset — Meta Connect is on for October 11th, 2022 as a one-day virtual event with announcements outlining the company’s next steps in VR and AR.
David Heaney / UploadVR:
In a new paper, Meta researchers demonstrated a system that can reconstruct a user’s plausible pose from only the Quest 2’s sensors using reinforcement learning — Meta researchers demonstrated Quest 2 body tracking without extra trackers. — Current VR systems ship with a headset and held controllers …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries — Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it’s been teasing for the past year.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged “Meta Quest Pro” VR headset, claiming Meta left the device, labeled “engineering sample”, in a hotel room — A prototype of Meta’s VR headset has surfaced — Images and, later, a video of a “Meta Quest Pro” virtual reality …
Nick Statt / Protocol:
Meta plans to launch the next generation of its consumer Quest headset in 2023 — A follow-up to the Quest 2 virtual reality headset is arriving next year, Meta said in its most recent earnings announcement. The device will be a consumer-grade headset unlike the recently released Quest Pro …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated development kit with a thoughtful design, improved controllers, one to two hours of battery, and more — Meta’s new high-end headset introduces eye tracking and mixed reality for $1,499 … The first thing I notice with the Meta Quest Pro is the fit.
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta Quest Pro review: improved controllers but irredeemably bad software and feels like it was launched without plan or purpose, highlighting VR’s drawbacks — Meta’s $1,499 headset is better at showcasing VR’s weaknesses than its new strengths. … Mark Zuckerberg is betting the entire future of his company on the metaverse.
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