Tag Archives: virtual-reality

PlayStation VR 2 Hands

The PSVR 2 is light. Surprisingly light. If there’s one thing that immediately hits me when trying on the PlayStation VR 2 – Sony’s upcoming immersive headset for its still hard-to-buy PlayStation 5 – it’s that compared with the popular Meta Quest 2, it feels like barely anything at all. The other big thing I …

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Quest Pro Rumored to Appear In Video Ahead of Meta Connect

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 Zuckerberg.  The video shows a …

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iPhone 14 Pro’s Most Eye

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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Meta Connect, Facebook’s VR Conference, Will Be on Oct. 11

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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Meta’s Future Quest VR Headsets Will Use Custom Qualcomm Chips for Years

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’s Next VR Headset Is Coming In October: What We Know About Meta Cambria, aka Quest Pro

The Oculus Quest 2 (now called Meta Quest 2) has become a surprisingly successful virtual reality headset and remains our favorite VR device despite being two years old and suddenly more expensive. What will Meta, the former Facebook, do for its encore? The company is expected to release four new headsets over the next few years, but the next on …

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Meta VR Headset Project Cambria Coming in October, Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan

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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iPod Creator Tony Fadell Isn’t Buying the Metaverse Hype

If anyone has an eye for where the tech industry is headed, it’s probably Tony Fadell.  During his time at Apple, he led the team that developed the iPod (RIP) and the first three generations of the iPhone. Then, he co-founded the now Google-owned smart home company Nest, which raised the bar for how connected appliances should look and feel. …

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Mark Zuckerberg Just Showed How Meta’s Next Mixed Reality VR Headset Will Work

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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Meta Reportedly Plans to Release Four More VR Headsets by 2024

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to release four more VR headsets between now and 2024, according to a report Monday from The Information, citing an internal company road map.  The first will be Meta’s upcoming high-end VR headset, dubbed Project Cambria, which could reportedly be released around September. The headset is expected to cost around $799, according to …

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