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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.