Meta announced VR Glasses at $1,300, launching next year. The device moves Quest-level VR into a slim glasses form factor by offloading compute to an external processing puck.
The architecture is the real story here. Separating processing from the headset is a direct attack on the weight and heat problems that have kept VR wearables from mainstream adoption. Whether the puck solution creates new friction is the question the full article addresses.
Read the original for specs on the puck, how this fits alongside Meta's simultaneous Ray-Ban Gen 3 and audio-only glasses announcements, and what the $1,300 price point signals about who Meta thinks is buying this.
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