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0 pointspavlov3y ago0 comments

I think the next $400 unit from Meta will focus on camera-based XR features. The new $1,500 Quest Pro is clearly a trial round for features they're hoping to be able to include in the next consumer unit.

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dbspin3y ago· 2 in thread

That's debatable - the Quest Pro has been roundly criticised for having passthrough that isn't good enough for many AR applications (e.g.: you can't read text through it and it has very poor temporal stability), while being marketed for those applications. If they can't do great passthrough at 1,500 dollars, it unlikely that they'll do good passthrough for 400. Hope to be proven wrong, as I'd love to use a headset for productivity.

There's a good overview here - https://kguttag.com/2023/01/03/meta-quest-pro-part-1-unbelie...

andybak3y ago

I respect Karl's knowledge and experience but he overplays his hands several times in that article.

pavlovOP3y ago

I have a Quest Pro and I find the passthrough pretty impressive (not knowing any better I suppose — I wasn't expecting to read a newspaper wearing the headset anyway).

If the same capability were available in a $400 unit, I think it would appeal to many people.

LegitShady3y ago

It might be that the next one might have those features, but not the current one, and so the $400 meta headset in question is not an AR platform.

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