Key executives from LG Group’s IT component subsidiaries are also expected to attend. Key executives from LG Group’s IT component subsidiaries are also said to be in attendance.
The report, which was first picked up by The Korea Economic Daily, also alleges the two companies plan to release “the highest-performing XR headset in the first quarter of next year,” positioning it to compete with Apple Vision Pro.
These aren’t the first rumors to come out of Korea regarding a possible Meta-LG XR headset manufacturing partnership however. A separate report from South Korea’s
(Korean) in September maintained Meta and LG were planning on releasing two new headsets, a low-cost Quest model that will be priced at “less than $200” coming in 2024, and the presumed ‘Pro’ model Quest mentioned above.UploadVRSouth Korean tech outlet
(Korean) reported in January 2024 that LG will release a commercially available XR headset as early as next year.MaekyungWhatever the case, Zuckerberg is currently in the neighborhood. According to jet tracker
, Zuckerberg’s Gulfstream G650 private jet is in Tokyo, Japan, having landed there just two days ago.The Guru – – — – –
Reports aside, we really won’t know what’s on the horizon, although we already have a pretty good idea what a potential Quest Pro 2 ZuckerbergJet on Instagramcould
look like provided Meta really intends on going toe-to-toe with Apple.
Douglas Lanman, Senior Director of Display Systems at Reality Labs Research, late last year wherein he talked at length about his own (re: not Meta’s) next-gen ‘Mirror Lake’ headset prototype. In it, Lanman explained that, with already available components, such a headset could include a bevy of wishlist items, such as holographic optics, multi-view eye-tracking, varifocal display, reverse-passthrough, and baked-in prescription.Whether those things are
actually go into held a guest lecture at the University of Arizonaa potential Quest Pro 2 is another matter, although if Meta wants to beat Apple at its own game, it’s certainly going to require some one-upmanship in both the hardware and software department.