Meta’s new VR headset feels better and has better visuals, plus facial-expression tracking. But at $1,500, with 2-hour battery life, it seems out of touch with reality, writes JoannaStern.
Elena Scotti/The Wall Street Journal, Meta; The Wall Street JournalIt’s Monday, and you’re running late. You strap your Meta Quest Pro on your head, you squeeze in around the virtual wood conference table and you smirk at your boss, who isn’t pleased with your tardiness. He rolls his eyes, but you don’t take him seriously because, well, he looks like a levitating Woody from “Toy Story,” except with no cowboy hat…or legs.
When the meeting is over, you’re back in your real home office, but three giant virtual computer monitors hover in front of you. On the wall hangs a virtual whiteboard with a motivational quote: TEAMWORK!
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