Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg debuts Meta Quest Pro VR headset that will cost $1,500

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said connected Tuesday that his company's newest virtual world headset, dubbed the Meta Quest Pro, volition outgo $1,500 and commencement shipping connected Oct. 25.

Zuckerberg debuted the instrumentality astatine Meta's Connect conference, geared toward VR and augmented world developers.

The caller headset costs $1,100 much than Meta's Quest 2 headset and contains caller technologies similar an precocious mobile Snapdragon machine chip, developed with Qualcomm, that helps the instrumentality nutrient much precocious graphics.

The Quest Pro besides has improved interaction controllers that incorporate embedded sensors, allowing for amended manus tracking, and caller lenses for improved speechmaking experiences.

The caller headset contains immoderate mixed-reality features that tin blend elements of the virtual satellite with the carnal world. Zuckerberg has touted that arsenic an important diagnostic successful the instauration of the metaverse, which refers to integer worlds that radical tin entree via VR and AR headsets.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella besides appeared during the online lawsuit and discussed a concern with Meta intended to bring immoderate of his company's work-collaboration apps to Quest VR devices.

Some Microsoft apps that radical volition beryllium capable to entree with a Quest instrumentality see the Team's chat app, the Microsoft 365 suite of enactment bundle and the company's Xbox unreality gaming service.

"You volition beryllium capable to play 2D games with your Xbox controller projected connected a monolithic surface connected Quest," Nadella said. "It's aboriginal days, but we're excited for what's to come."

Meta shares were down astir 4.5% successful midday trading to $127.85, underscoring a muted effect from investors astir the caller VR headset.

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