Time.news – Meta will keep his annual virtual reality conference, Connect, 11 October. This was announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a post on Facebook where the CEO is wearing a new headset: probably the Project Cambria, the awaited device for mixed reality. Zuckerberg had already spoken, in the course of a podcast, of the new viewer, with such computing power to capture the real world with external cameras and display it inside the viewer in real time and in color. The device, which will likely cost $ 800 or more, will be more expensive and more powerful than the current Meta Quest 2.
The new viewer and the way it will be received will be a key test of Zuckerberg’s efforts to orient Meta towards the creation of virtual reality and augmented reality hardware. Meta has spent up to $ 10 billion a year to support Zuckerberg’s vision of creating the next big software platform, and the company said one reason the technology hasn’t taken off is that the hardware isn’t enough yet. good.
In addition to revealing Project Cambria, Meta in all likelihood will also present the updates of Horizon Worlds, his social networking app dedicated to the Metaverse, protagonist of the hilarity of the network in recent weeks for its cartoonish graphics. “The graphics in Horizon can do a lot more, even on headsets, and Horizon is improving very quickly,” Zuckerberg wrote in August. In addition to the Cambria Project, Meta is developing a slew of various virtual reality and augmented reality prototypes. The company believes the technology will eventually be used in a lightweight pair of glasses that can replace the smartphone.