Facebook’s parent company has unveiled its latest virtual reality device, signalling a continued commitment to building an avatar-filled “metaverse” while seeking to grab attention ahead of rival Apple’s anticipated headset launch next week.
In a video posted on his Instagram account on Thursday, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg teased the new Quest 3 product, which will go on sale in the autumn. It features both virtual and augmented reality technologies — known as “mixed reality” — allowing users to interact in fully digital environments, as well as graphics overlaid on to the real world.
Zuckerberg called it Meta’s “most powerful headset yet”, with 40 per cent slimmer hardware and double the graphics performance.