Say goodbye to the Meta Quest Pro 2, as Zuck and co. are reportedly doubling down on cheaper headsets most people can actually afford.
The Meta Quest Pro is still marketed as Meta's top-end headset, but all recent Quest developments have been shown off on the $500 Meta Quest 3., a device that cost half the price. A new report—now effectively confirmed by Meta execs—claims Meta is no longer considering a new, expensive headset to be worthwhile. After all, CEO Mark Zuckerberg already claimed the $500 Quest 3 isreported, based on anonymous sources, that Meta decided to axe the headset originally slated for 2027.
On Threads, Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth indirectly confirmed The Information’s report: “We have many prototypes in development at all times. But we don’t bring all of them to production. We move forward with some; we pass on others… stories based on chatter about one individual decision will never give the real picture.”Meta has been trying to juggle the cost of AR development with its plans to dominate the industry.
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