Hands-On with Meta's New VR Headset Prototypes!

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Recommends cableshaft · 2022-07 · on “Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds”

> it just isn't happening with dorky headsets and probably won't until the tech matures enough to get there Zuckerberg is well aware of the technical challenges of VR headsets and they're putting a lot of effort into getting the headsets where they need to be. Seems like they're helping push the technology much further than any other company right now. Here's a 30 minute video where he and Michael Abrash go into the technical challenges, and what they've been doing to address those issues, as well as showing off prototype devices they've been working on[1]. And there's an hour long episode of Adam Savage's Tested series where they get to try the prototypes and go into even more detail[2]. [1

Recommends johnfn · 2022-09 · on “Meta’s metaverse hype leads to real-world backlash”

Why are we deluged with such low quality, low interest, low curiosity articles - about some screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg's avatar of all things - when plenty of really fascinating and intellectual-curiosity-satisfying information exists out there about the metaverse? For instance, this video: [this video] Especially on Hacker News, of all places! This article is the equivalent of celebrity tabloids. (This comment is probably not written with the best tone, but I am upset. PR mishaps aside, the metaverse is extremely technically interesting. Why HN skips all of that and just does reruns of Zuckerberg's avatar or whatever is beyond me.)

Cites gpm · 2022-07 · on “My newsletter is making $2k per month with 7k subscribers – AMA”

First you need VR goggles that you can reasonably work in... These guys are making a go at that: [LINK] And facebook is probably going to in the future given the R&D they've been showing off: [this video] But having used the current generations of headsets (Valve Index, Quest 2), they just aren't quite there yet.

Cites KVFinn · 2022-10 · on “Meta Quest Pro”

Tested hands on impressions: [this video] Funny thing about the $1500 price point. If the Quest Pro could replace my triple monitors, $1500 is a bargain. It's basically a laptop with 3 monitors that appear out of thin air whenever you want. Amazing. To do this it needs to be comfortable enough to wear all day and it needs to be high enough resolution to stare at text all day. It's at least plausible the Pro is comfortable enough for some based on early impressions. But the displays are not cutting it. I don't think it needs to equal the DPI of a monitor at human viewing distance, but 2160x2160 is still way to low. Maybe 3k would do it with super sampling. Oh and the Quest Pro would need to run an

Cites megaman821 · 2022-10 · on “Meta stock price drops more than 20%”

I was watching [this video] about Meta's VR prototypes. They seem pretty clear-headed on where they need to get to, but a lot of it seems like a decade away. At double the price-point of Quest Pro, Apple may solve some of VR's issues (battery-life, speed, ergonomics and looks) but the screen-tech just doesn't exist yet.

Cites megaman821 · 2023-03 · on “Tim Cook bets on Apple’s mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy”

I don't think anyone is going to crack VR in the short term. Watching this tour of Facebook's Reality Labs, [this video] , it seems that they realize the challenges ahead. Looking at these challenges (resolution, brightness, eye tracking, form factor) is there an area where Apple is going to be a generation or more ahead? I think the world will be waiting another decade or so before VR gets anything like phone penetration in the market.

Cites lhl · 2023-06 · on “Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro headset”

While I think Apple throwing their hat in the ring with a super-high end device is great for the market and should light a fire under Meta (and everyone else's butt), I think that the idea that Apple has a super-advanced technology lead isn't totally true for those that have been paying close attention to the XR space. I mean yes, Apple is the best hardware company in the world, and they've assembled/polished best in class hardware and most importantly, have been willing to commit to the volumes for production for bleeding edge parts (eg, companies like eMagin have been demoing 4K micro OLED display for years [1] but no one's ever committed for an $X billion order - already we're seeing the