Meta is gearing up for Meta Connect 2024 on September 25 and 26 for its next set of major updates in VR and AR technology.
The event has been held late in each calendar year since 2014, first as Oculus Connect, then as Facebook Connect, and since 2022 as Meta Connect. At Connect Meta’s teams show off future-facing ideas wrapped together with nearer-term software and hardware updates for AR and VR headsets.
2024 may be a particularly important year for Meta’s efforts with reports suggesting the company is likely hoping to offer a slimline glasses AR demo that can open minds to the future of AR. On the VR side, Quest 3S is now in the open as the likely name for Meta’s next low-cost headset and there are more Horizon OS headsets in the works from partners.
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“Connect is open for anyone to attend by tuning into Facebook on the @Meta or @MetaforDeveloper Pages on September 25 – 26,” a Meta representative explained over email. More information, including speakers and agendas will be available in the summer. In the summer, we’ll share more details about invitations. In the meantime, Apple will be releasing announcements about Vision Pro in WWDC
and specifications for a Pico 4S, which could compete in cost following a turn mid-June, disappointing has started to leaked. PlayStation VR2 is also expected to launch in August with a new adapter. against the Quest 2Meta will follow up with a number of Quest Store projects and Horizon updates, along with the promise of future hardware and new features.