Tech big Meta plans to launch not less than 4 new VR headsets by 2024, based on a report in The Information. Two headsets are targeted on work and productiveness (Challenge Cambria and Funston), whereas the opposite two are new variations of the Quest headset (Challenge Stinson and Cardiff) for gaming.
We have already identified of Project Cambria, a VR/AR machine that’s “extra targeted on work use circumstances.” The Cambria will reportedly have a high-resolution display screen to make studying textual content simpler on the eyes. The thought is which you can ship emails or work on code with out taking off the headset, finally changing the necessity for a monitor at your desk.
The report signifies Cambria has outward-facing cameras able to full-color passthrough, so customers can see their environment in actual time and the headset OS can implement numerous digital overlays relying on the app. That may be a giant step up over the present pass-through mode on the Quest, which provides you a grainy view of your environment.
Constructed-in sensors will have the ability to do issues like observe the consumer’s eye actions and monitor facial expressions. Cambria will likely be heavier than the Quest 2 as a result of will probably be sporting a bigger battery within the again and designed to be extra snug to put on over lengthy durations like a whole workday. Staff inside Meta have been referring to this headset as a “laptop computer for the face,” based on The Data.
The report signifies Challenge Funston will likely be an up to date model of the Cambria due in 2024. Challenge Cambria was imagined to be launched final yr however delayed to later this yr on account of provide chain points.
On the VR gaming entrance, there may be not a lot details about the brand new Quest headsets exterior of the truth that Meta plans to launch them in 2023 and 2024. The primary will likely be a high-end VR headset, with a brand new finances mannequin coming the next yr.
We beloved the Quest 2 once we reviewed it, so the concept of a comfier headset with higher graphics sounds very interesting to us. It will likely be fascinating to see if any of the augmented actuality options of the Cambria will make their means into these new headsets, too. Meta clearly has a imaginative and prescient of the long run office that closely includes us taking meetings inside the metaverse, whether or not anybody really needs to or not.
Challenge Cambria is due this September and can value not less than $800, which means it might value near triple the value of the Quest 2.
