Apple, Meta battle over $3,000 mixed reality headsets
- Meta announced the Quest 3, its next virtual reality headset, which will be released later this year starting at $500.
- Apple is expected to announce its own VR/AR headset, reigniting excitement around the technology.
- The headset is expected to be called the Reality Pro and aimed at professionals with a price tag of around $3,000.
- The Quest 3 will have full-color passthrough, twice the graphics performance of the Quest 2, redesigned Touch Plus controllers, and hand-tracking support.
- The launch will bring a new operating system called xrOS and feature 8K OLED screens and advanced tracking technology.