A video of Meta’s next virtual reality headset may have surfaced online Sunday. The clip of the purported headset, posted to Facebook by video creator Zectaruiz Gaming, shows off the design and packaging of a “Meta Quest Pro.” The headset appears to resemble Project Cambria, Meta’s next virtual reality headset previously teased by CEO Mark …
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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. “Dynamic Island” is the most Apple name of all Apple names. The feature, a part of the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro announced at Apple’s latest product event, was maybe the most surprising feature on Apple’s next phone: The little …
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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple’s fall product launch event is almost here, and the first sign is that the Apple Store’s website is down. When the store comes back online, the company is likely to have the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series …
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Meta Connect, the tech giant’s annual virtual reality conference, will take place on Oct. 11 this year, the company said on Tuesday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the event in a Facebook post, saying simply “See you at Meta Connect on Oct 11.” The site for the virtual event teases that people will be able to “discover how the metaverse …
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We don’t know a ton of details about Meta’s next VR headset, expected this October, but we do know it’ll feature a Qualcomm chip inside… and so will the company’s headsets for years down the road. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news during a press conference at Berlin’s IFA tech show. Qualcomm’s already made …
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked a lot about virtual reality when he appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience Thursday. He also confirmed that his company’s new virtual reality headset, called Project Cambria, will be launching soon. Zuckerberg said the headset will come out in October and that more will be revealed at the company’s Connect event. Meta has yet to announce the …
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What’s happening Qualcomm has a new design for wireless AR glasses that connect with phones. Why it matters Most tech companies are promising AR glasses now, but few work well with phones. Qualcomm’s design suggests how they could work together, and without plug-in wires. What’s next At least four manufacturers are already working on glasses based on Qualcomm’s design, pointing …
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The next Meta VR headset after Quest 2 will be something called, for now, Project Cambria. It’s a mixed reality-focused headset arriving sometime in 2022, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just demonstrated for the first time how it’ll work. Unlike AR headsets like the HoloLens 2 and the Magic Leap 2, which have transparent lenses and layer semitransparent holographic images on …
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Before Google has its own pair of augmented reality glasses, it’ll need AR to work everywhere. World-spanning AR that blankets the real world using map data has been a goal for several companies lately, and Google is layering its AR using Google Maps. The toolkit, announced at Google’s I/O developer conference on Wednesday, could leap ahead of several competing efforts from rivals such …
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Following reports that Google has been developing AR glasses, the company indeed announced a prototype pair of glasses at this year’s Google I/O conference. Google’s focus with these glasses appears to be helpful features such as language translation. Google acquired smart glasses maker North in 2020, and its work with Google Glass pioneered smart eyewear nearly a decade ago. Now playing: Watch …
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