Meta Quest Pro is what the Apple AR/VR has to beat - iMore

In August, iMore published 2 op-eds connected what Apple needed to see connected its long-rumored AR/VR headset. Each portion covered a batch of crushed and chiefly offered akin points. Rebecca Spear, for example, primarily focused connected compatibility, comfort, and easiness of use. Meanwhile, Becca Caddy zeroed in connected the price, apps, and integration. 

On Tuesday, Meta introduced the all-new Meta Quest Pro. This volition undoubtedly accelerated go the champion VR headset successful the tiny but increasing VR market. And yet, its instauration could marque it easier for Apple to merchandise thing amended — and screen galore of the points we suggested conscionable a fewer weeks ago.

Five points astir the Meta Quest Pro basal retired and are the ones Apple should code positively arsenic it completes enactment connected its competing product. These points, galore mentioned successful iMore's erstwhile op-eds, see price, fit, features, artillery life, and storage. 

Price

The Meta Quest Pro starts astatine $1,499, which is important arsenic it is overmuch much costly than the non-Pro version, which starts astatine $399. And yet, the terms constituent isn't that precocious erstwhile considering companies similar HTC, Value, and Varjo person agelong dominated that pricing space. 

The merchandise that would yet go the Apple Watch Ultra was agelong rumored to beryllium priced astatine $1,000 oregon more. When the wearable instrumentality was announced, Apple priced it astatine $799. Apple should travel a akin signifier whenever it gets astir to announcing its AR/VR headset. Most volition presume the merchandise volition beryllium priced successful the aforesaid vicinity arsenic the Metra Quest Pro and akin products. It shouldn't be. Instead, Apple should spell debased and terms betwixt $500 and $1,000. 

Fit

I went retired and purchased a Meta Quest 2 earlier this year. Within 2 months, I sold it connected eBay. The crushed for ditching it had everything to bash with the deficiency of comfort. 

The Meta Quest Pro is expected to beryllium much comfy than the earlier headset and I'm definite it volition be. For Apple's headset to succeed, it's indispensable for it to merchandise a comfy merchandise connected Day 1. Otherwise, accepted archetypal adopters mightiness instrumentality a pass. 

Features

Many who tested the Meta Quest Pro earlier it was announced person praised the headset for 2 indispensable features: oculus tracking and its high-resolution colour video feed. Those features are intended to blur the enactment betwixt virtual and augmented reality, which seems similar a large woody and indispensable components of immoderate merchandise Apple has cooked up. However, the institution needs to lucifer Meta connected features and adhd immoderate unsocial ones nary 1 has considered. 

One country wherever Apple volition person nary occupation besting Meta is connected the gaming and apps front. The App Store connected AR/VR should beryllium the champion available. If it's not, determination is thing truly wrong. 

Battery life

Oh yes, the all-important artillery life. On this point, it seems Meta has struck out. 

As The Verge noted (opens successful caller tab), the Meta Quest Pro volition lone past betwixt 1 and 2 hours betwixt charges, with a recharge taking 2 hours. These are unspeakable numbers, which astir apt has overmuch to bash with existent artillery limitations. 

Here's hoping Apple tin compression retired a small spot much amusive betwixt charges connected its merchandise oregon astatine slightest lucifer what Meta's doing. 

Storage and memory

Finally, there's retention and memory. The Meta Quest Pro comes with 256GB of retention and 12GB of memory. By contrast, the Meta Quest 2 comes with either 128GB oregon 256GB of retention and 6GB of memory. Any summation for either of these specs is simply a measurement successful the close direction. However, what they mean for mundane usage is hard to determine, and comparing 1 shaper to different is adjacent much so.

For Apple to succeed, its headset needs to connection capable retention for the mean idiosyncratic and beryllium speedy capable that nary 1 volition complain. If it tin execute some of those points, it volition spell a agelong mode astatine determining the product's success.  

When?

We mightiness yet get three AR/VR headsets from Apple. When that happens is hard to determine, however. Most likely, the caller merchandise volition debut sometime successful 2023. When it does, here's hoping it's oh-so-much-better than the Meta Quest Pro.