![]() ![]() That's also what our business is."įacebook is getting closer to launching this world in the form of a large-scale social metaverse called Facebook Horizon that, with creative tools and user-created worlds, looks reminiscent of apps like AltspaceVR, Rec Room, and maybe even Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft. "That's really where our bread and butter as a company is in terms of building those experiences. "We want to get as many people as possible to be able to experience virtual reality and be able to jump into the metaverse and … to have these social experiences within that," he adds. It's about creating an immersive world to fall into. "What we saw was virtual reality is really about this sense of presence and therefore, it's about social connection, more than it's about whatever the technology is."įor Zuckerberg, this isn't about resolution or processor speed. "We're not approaching this from the perspective of, how do we charge people as much money as possible and make profit on the devices?" Zuckerberg said in our 30-minute conversation. ![]() ![]() And he's willing to lose money to win over people. ![]() It could also come at a higher price, as Zuckerberg says, "there's some ability for it to be a little more expensive."īut the overall goal for Facebook right now, Zuckerberg told me, is to widen adoption so the world's largest social media network can create more social opportunities for engaging in a virtual world. The new sensors could add a greater sense of "presence" as part of Facebook's plan for social VR. But Zuckerberg says he wants to upgrade the VR experience even more with the Quest Pro, a device that could include new sensors - face and eye tracking or maybe even fitness - in a higher-end self-contained system. It'll join the lower-end Meta Quest headset that costs $399.Zuckerberg says that the Oculus Quest's greatest strength against its competition is its convenient wire-free experience, and that bringing the price down from the original $399 to $299 in October was a strategic move, intended to get more people to embrace VR. It's thought to be called the Meta Quest Pro, as Project Cambria is simply the internal codename for the headset at this time. The company also hasn't revealed an official name for the headset yet. Meta has already said Project Cambria is a mixed reality headset that will release sometime this year - but it hadn't mentioned October until Zuckerberg's comments on Rogan's podcast. Have your face be tracked so that way your avatar - it’s not just this still thing, but if you smile or if you frown or if you pout, or whatever your expression is, have that translate in real time to your avatar".Īdd it all up, and he's probably talking about Project Cambria, an upcoming Meta headset that's expected to have a high-resolution color screen, internal sensors for eye tracking, and passthrough augmented reality features. "The ability to now have kind of eye contact in virtual reality. Although Zuckerberg didn't name the device, he described social options that will be enabled by eye and facial tracking in VR. ![]()
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