Meta’s Next Headset Looks an Awful Lot Like Google’s Aura XR Glasses
It’s been a long time coming, but we may finally have a real glimpse at Meta’s next “headset,” if you want to call it that. The leak clearly shows a glasses-like form factor with nose pads and sensors on the outside of the temples and underneath the arms. Images also show that the headset is tethered, though that’s no surprise—leaks have foreshadowed the fact that Project Phoenix is wired for a while now.
- ▪It’s been a long time coming, but we may finally have a real glimpse at Meta’s next “headset,” if you want to call it that.
- ▪The leak clearly shows a glasses-like form factor with nose pads and sensors on the outside of the temples and underneath the arms.
- ▪Images also show that the headset is tethered, though that’s no surprise—leaks have foreshadowed the fact that Project Phoenix is wired for a while now.
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It’s been a long time coming, but we may finally have a real glimpse at Meta’s next “headset,” if you want to call it that. Thanks to assets found in a Quest firmware update (per UploadVR), we have a solid glimpse at what Meta’s “Project Phoenix” looks like, and if you’ve seen Xreal and Google’s Aura XR glasses, then things might seem a bit familiar.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000810523","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"gadgets","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"gadgets","TAGS":"headset,meta,meta-quest,vr,xr","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The media found inside the firmware…
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