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Camera-based input that follows a user's gaze and finger movement so software can be driven without handheld controllers.
Meta priced its glasses-shaped VR headset at $1,299 and moved the processor into a puck you carry in your pocket. Shipping is promised for what the company calls Spring 2027. That means March 2027 at the earliest.
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Meta's new mixed reality device puts the computer in a pocket puck and the input in a pinch of thumb and forefinger. Everything in the Quest catalogue still runs, and the rest of the porting work falls to developers.
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Meta's new VR Glasses leave the display and sensors on the face and move the processor, the memory and the battery onto a wired puck in the pocket. The Verge tried them at Meta's campus this week.
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The glasses reach 100 grams because the computer rides in a pocket. On paper the panels beat Apple's. PCMag's reviewer still saw graininess in video and in passthrough during a 30-minute session.
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