Quest Pro is Meta's new $1,499 mixed reality headset - AppleInsider

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Meta announced the Quest Pro virtual world headset astatine its Meta Connect 2022 conference, with it aimed astatine endeavor and the nonrecreational market.

The institution volition connection Quest Pro alongside its already-existing, and much affordable $399 Quest 2 device. Meta says that the caller Quest Pro targets professionals and those successful endeavor for whom a higher terms tag whitethorn beryllium justifiable.

Formerly known arsenic Project Cambria, the Quest Pro is thinner than the Quest 2. It fits onto a person's caput utilizing a padded integrative ring, and the artillery has been moved to the rear for amended balance.

The caller "pancake" lenses are 40% thinner than the Quest 2, and the institution says its optics exertion "folds light" wrong the optical module.

The Quest Pro uses full-color pass-through from 4 high-resolution cameras connected the headset to seizure and show a person's surroundings portion they deterioration the device. The Quest 2 lone has a black-and-white mentation of this technology.

The diagnostic should assistance it seizure "mixed reality" experiences that overlay integer contented onto the situation alternatively of being constricted to virtual reality.

Unlike the Quest 2, the Quest Pro has eye-tracking exertion done inward-facing cameras. The institution says they volition assistance observe if the headset is fitted correctly and alteration facial expressions with Meta avatars.

The headset uses a Snapdragon XR2+ chipset with an 1800 x 1920 LCD sheet for each eye, 4 times higher than the Quest 2. Meta says these displays connection 75% much opposition and 10% much pixels per grade of show than the Quest 2.

Accessories see chargers, controllers, a charging dock, and look masks

The institution besides says the spot delivers 50% much powerfulness than the XR2 spot successful the Quest 2. The Quest Pro has 12 GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, 12 sensors for virtual world and mixed reality, and spatial audio.

The accrued powerfulness has a downside. Meta says the Quest Pro volition lone get 1 to 2 hours of artillery beingness alternatively of the two- to three-hour beingness that the Quest 2 achieved.

Redesigned controllers for the caller headset omit the tracking rings of the Quest 2, utilizing onboard cameras that way each controller's presumption comparative to the Quest Pro headset. Each controller has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 mobile processor.

Meta sells the Quest Pro done its Meta Store for $1,499, on with retail partners successful 4 countries. It's instantly disposable to preorder done Meta.

Best Buy and Amazon volition merchantability the merchandise successful the US and Canada; Amazon, Argos, and Currys volition connection it successful the UK; and Amazon, Fnac, and Boulanger volition connection the Quest Pro successful France. Prices alteration by market.