Meta Hikes Quest 2 Prices Ahead of Successor Launch: Details

Meta Platforms mentioned on Tuesday it will elevate the costs of its Meta Quest 2 digital actuality (VR) headset by about $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000) from August, whilst the corporate prepares to launch a successor headset later this 12 months. With its rebrand in November final 12 months, Meta has doubled down on metaverse and VR. It not too long ago introduced upgrades to its VR platform, Horizon Worlds, and opened a bodily retailer for customers to demo the headsets.

Meta mentioned the 128-gigabyte and 256-gigabyte variations of Quest 2 will retail for $399.99 (roughly Rs. 32,000) and $499.99 (roughly Rs. 40,000), respectively. It additionally bumped costs for some equipment and refurbished items.

“We’re making a change that will help us continue to invest for the long term and keep driving the VR industry forward,” Meta mentioned in an announcement, including that customers have spent over $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,000 crore) on Meta Quest apps.

Meta mentioned it would launch a brand new high-end VR headset, code-named Project Cambria, later this 12 months, with out mentioning a date or system specs.

Meanwhile, Apple is alleged to be working by itself VR headset, in keeping with stories.

Last month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showcased digital actuality (VR) headset prototypes to point how the corporate is making an attempt to win in opposition to rivals within the race of constructing immersive experiences extra life like to people.

Under the Reality Labs division, Meta is working in direction of overcoming the continued challenges within the VR discipline by creating new {hardware}. The prototypes present us that work — alongside making it clear {that a} full-fledged headset that may take us to an as life like digital world as its bodily counterpart is but to be constructed.

Meta presently has the Quest 2 as its newest industrial VR headset. But that mannequin doesn’t embrace the options and refinements, which the Menlo Park, California-headquartered firm desires to combine to boost its VR choices. The ongoing prototyping is, due to this fact, possible to assist develop an enhanced {hardware} for the close to future.