Meta is working on a Quest Pro successor again, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports, after reportedly canceling two candidates in recent years.
In his latest report, in which he also said that Apple is still working on microLED displays for AR glasses, Gurman writes: “Meta is working on Quest 4 VR goggles, as well as a new high-end model that could eventually become a successor to the Quest Pro“.
Meta executives have repeatedly mentioned working on “the next Quest”, and last year The Information reported that Quest 4 is arriving in 2026 as two models, a budget model and a premium model, codenamed Pismo Low and Pismo High. The Information report mentions a “new Quest Pro” that will arrive in 2027, codenamed La Jolla. This was a project that had originally been set up for 2024, codenamed Funston. But just one month later, The Information announced that La Jolla had also been cancelled, and that Then, in October, The Verge’s Alex Heath said that during a discussion with Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, the executive confirmed these two reported decisions and
Meta Confirms Quest Pro 2 Cancelation & 2027 Ultralight Headset
Meta confirmed to The Verge earlier reporting that it canceled a 2027 Quest Pro 2 candidate and is working on an ultralight headset with a puck.
to developing new hardware, including citing cancelation to the original Quest Pro as the reasoning for canceling La Jolla.
How Does Meta Develop & Cancel Hardware?explained Meta’s approachAccording to The Verge’s Alex Heath, Bosworth cited the “tepid reaction” to the original Quest Pro as the reasoning for canceling La Jolla. But arguably more interestingly, Bosworth detailed the stages of Meta’s hardware development cycle:
Pre-Discovery:
a dedicated team is always “prototyping the craziest stuff”, creating a “proof of experience” for each idea.the “tepid reaction”Discovery
- : a “small number” of Pre-Discovery concepts are approved by executive review to proceed to the Discovery phase, where “a few” employees examine the practicalities of industrial design and cost.Prototyping:
- if deemed practical, Discovery concepts are prototyped, involving “maybe 10 times more people”, who build integrated hardware and software to bring the concept to life.Engineering Validation Test:
- “roughly half” of those prototypes go to this final stage, where they are put on the product roadmap. Meta’s executives kill “about” half of these EVTs before shipping, and the other releases to the public. It could be eliminated in the Prototyping phase or during the EVT stage. Gurman’s new reference to “a high-end model that could eventually become a successor to the Quest Pro” is confusing. Is he referring to Puffin or another Quest Pro project separate from La Jolla and Puffin? Although it’s unclear, keep checking UploadVR for any news about a Quest Pro 2 that comes from reliable sources.