That’s an entire lot of digital actuality

Meta has unveiled the newest in its line of digital actuality Quest headsets at present. It arrives with each plenty of tech, and a hefty price ticket to match.

The Meta Quest Professional VR headset is a brand new type issue and set of {hardware} instruments from the corporate previously often called Fb. Its acquired 12 GB of RAM, a Snapdragon XR2+ processor, 256 GB of storage, and 10 superior VR/MR (digital actuality/blended actuality) sensors. Every controller has three cameras and a Snapdragon 662 processor, with haptic suggestions and precision pinch.

Matching the {hardware} contained in the headset and its extras is the value tag. The Quest Professional will go for $1,499 on the Meta web site.

The Meta Quest Professional headset additionally comes with a charging dock, associated cables, stylus ideas, a cable clip, and extra. And very like its predecessor within the Quest line of headsets, this can be a wi-fi VR headset.

The extensive world of Meta VR

That value level is definitely one thing value noting. By way of the way it feels, The Verge acquired some hands-on time with it and experiences it has shorter battery life, and weighs a bit greater than the Quest 2, although it’s apparently higher balanced and corresponding to a Quest 2 with the Elite Strap.

What caught my eye was the presentation round it. With expression monitoring and an emphasis on blended actuality, it definitely looks like extra of a push in the direction of Meta’s metaverse.

Right this moment’s information additionally coincided with bulletins that apps like Microsoft Groups and Home windows 365 are getting Meta integrations for each the Professional and Quest 2. Customers will even be capable of be a part of Groups conferences from inside a Meta Horizon Workroom, a collaborative VR workspace. Xbox cloud gaming can be coming to the Meta Quest headsets, too.

Chatting with The Verge and different reporters at that hands-on demo, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg describes the Professional as a tool “for lovers, the prosumer, the kind of people who find themselves attempting to get work finished.”

Which is nice for those who’re wanting so as to add extra VR conferences to the office, I assume. However the excessive value level, alongside the current value hike of the Quest 2, doesn’t have me optimistic a couple of future for people who simply need to play Resident Evil 4 in VR.

The Meta Quest Professional launches on October 25.