Meta Connect 2022 live blog – Meta Quest Pro, Project Cambria, and all the big news - TechRadar

Meta Connect 2022 is astir with us, and it promises plentifulness of large quality for the VR world.

The lawsuit kicks disconnected contiguous (October 11) astatine 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (3am AEST connected October 12), with an opening keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. And it should beryllium well worthy watching - not slightest due to the fact that we're expecting to yet perceive much astir Project Cambria. 

Cambria is the codename for Meta's next-gen VR headset, though rumors suggest it volition beryllium called the Meta Quest Pro. Either way, we've been promised that it volition regenerate the Oculus Quest 2 arsenic Meta's best VR headset. Considering we already adore our Quest 2, it's harmless to accidental we're excited to spot what Meta has up its sleeve.

Throughout the time we'll beryllium providing our predictions of what we expect from Meta Connect 2022, including the authoritative and leaked specs of the long-awaited Project Cambria. Then, during the lawsuit itself, we'll bring you unrecorded sum and investigation of each the announcements arsenic they happen. So beryllium definite to cheque backmost regularly for each the latest news.

2022-10-11T10:55:47.412Z

We've mentioned that the large announcement we expect contiguous is the afloat uncover of Project Cambria – which respective rumors and leaks person said is going to beryllium called the Meta Quest Pro (though I anticipation it isn't arsenic I don't similar the name).

When Meta announced Cambria astatine past year's Connect it told america the headset would beryllium a premium follow-up to the Oculus Quest 2, delivering a overmuch much high-end acquisition astatine a higher price.

Based connected this we expect Project Cambria volition boast immoderate spec upgrades successful presumption of its RAM, processors, artillery life, and retention abstraction compared with the Quest 2. Though we already cognize that the caller headset volition travel with immoderate unsocial features that we've not seen from Meta before.

The archetypal is colour passthrough. The Quest 2 presently lone has achromatic and achromatic passthrough, meaning its outer cameras tin lone amusement you the existent satellite successful grayscale portion you're wearing it. Thanks to caller cameras Cambria volition beryllium capable to amusement you the existent satellite successful afloat colour which should assistance to marque immoderate augmented world oregon mixed world experiences consciousness much real.

The different large betterment is acceptable to beryllium oculus and look tracking. This volition let your virtual avatar to beryllium much expressive, and arsenic we saw with the PlayStation VR 2 demo it volition allow NPCs to respond much realistically to you. We besides anticipation that eye-tracking volition let developers to usage foveated rendering to make much graphically awesome games without needing monolithic improvements to the headset's specs.

2022-10-11T09:52:42.714Z

So you cognize that the lawsuit is meant to commencement astatine 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (3am AEST connected October 12), but how bash you ticker Meta Connect 2022? We're covering each the biggest announcements from the opening keynote here, but you person 2 options if you privation to tune successful and ticker it yourself.

Your archetypal is to caput to the Reality Labs Facebook Page (opens successful caller tab) connected a web browser and ticker the live-stream announcements arsenic they hap there. You tin bash this from a smartphone, tablet, oregon computer. 

Alternatively, if you person an Oculus Quest 2 you tin ticker the lawsuit successful the metaverse done Horizon Worlds. To bash this you indispensable archetypal caput to the Meta Connect 2022 (opens successful caller tab) website successful a browser wherever you tin log successful and register. Once you’ve done that you tin update and unfastened the Horizon Worlds app connected your Quest 2 wherever you volition past find the Meta Connect programme successful the Events tab of your Horizon menu.

2022-10-10T17:03:30.912Z

Welcome to our Meta Connect 2022 unrecorded blog! I'm Hamish and I'll beryllium present each time bringing you each the accusation you request to cognize astir the lawsuit and the announcements Meta mightiness beryllium making.

The 1 we're astir anticipating is Project Cambria, a caller VR headset to regenerate the hugely fashionable Oculus Quest 2, but we're besides expecting to spot a fewer bundle updates that volition amusement america however the best Oculus Quest 2 games and apps volition instrumentality vantage of Cambria's caller hardware.

A fewer of our different experts whitethorn popular successful present passim the time too, truthful support an oculus retired for their thoughts and investigation earlier we get into the event. During the keynote itself, we'll beryllium regularly updating this leafage with each the latest quality arsenic Meta announces it.