Facebook Owner Meta Unveils $1,500 VR Headset: Will It Sell?

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With the aim that people would soon be using it to work and play in the still elusive "metaverse," Facebook parent company Meta revealed a high-end virtual reality headset. High-resolution sensors, eye tracking, and so-called "natural facial expressions" that mimic the wearer's facial movements are all features of the $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset. These features enable users to see mixed virtual and augmented reality in full color and make their avatars appear genuine when interacting with other avatars in virtual-reality environments.

Formerly known as Facebook, Meta is currently undergoing a corporate change that will take years to finish, according to the company. It aspires to advance from being a provider of social platforms to becoming the dominant force in the metaverse, a young virtual reality that resembles the internet brought to life or at least portrayed in 3D. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the metaverse is an immersive virtual environment that users can virtually "experience" as opposed to simply seeing it on a screen. The corporation is spending billions on plans for the metaverse, which probably won't be repaid for many years.

Although some players already prefer VR headgear, Meta is aware that this won't be sufficient to spread awareness of the metaverse. As a result, it has focused its eyes on office and home office workers. Rolf Illenberger, founder and managing director of VRdirect, which creates VR experiences for businesses, stated that Meta is pitching the new Meta Quest Pro headset as an alternative to utilizing a laptop. Meta also announced that its metaverse avatars will soon have legs — a crucial aspect that's been lacking since the avatars made their debut last year — but he cautioned that for businesses, functioning in the virtual realms of the metaverse is still "quite a stretch."