Hands On With Meta's VR Glasses: An Apple Vision Pro Killer?
Meta’s new VR Glasses are poised to take on the Vision Pro, but they have a few advantages over Apple's pricey headset. For one, they will cost $1,299 at launch next spring, a big difference over the Vision Pro, which now starts at $3,699 after a June price hike.I tried the Meta VR Glasses ahead of Meta Connect, and they're noticeably lightweight at just 100 grams (0.22 pounds); the M5 Vision Pro weighs up to 800 grams (1.8 pounds). To pull this off, Meta offloaded the computing to a 300-gram puck that's connected to the glasses via a cable.
- ▪Meta’s new VR Glasses are poised to take on the Vision Pro, but they have a few advantages over Apple's pricey headset.
- ▪For one, they will cost $1,299 at launch next spring, a big difference over the Vision Pro, which now starts at $3,699 after a June price hike.I tried the Meta VR Glasses ahead of Meta Connect, and they're noticeably lightweight at just 100
- ▪To pull this off, Meta offloaded the computing to a 300-gram puck that's connected to the glasses via a cable.
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Meta’s new VR Glasses are poised to take on the Vision Pro, but they have a few advantages over Apple's pricey headset. For one, they will cost $1,299 at launch next spring, a big difference over the Vision Pro, which now starts at $3,699 after a June price hike.I tried the Meta VR Glasses ahead of Meta Connect, and they're noticeably lightweight at just 100 grams (0.22 pounds); the M5 Vision Pro weighs up to 800 grams (1.8 pounds). To pull this off, Meta offloaded the computing to a 300-gram puck that's connected to the glasses via a cable. The puck includes a Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite processor, 128GB of storage, and 12GB of RAM. The glasses themselves are outfitted with a 5K micro-OLED display and sensors that track your eyes and hand gestures.
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