With the vacations quick approaching, ‘tis the season for corporations to disclose all of the shiny new devices they need displaying up on want lists. As we speak is Meta’s flip, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg anticipated to disclose all the main points on Challenge Cambria (rumored to be referred to as the Meta Quest Professional)—its subsequent era digital actuality headset—at its Meta Join convention. Anybody can tune in to look at the occasion when it streams beginning at 1 PM ET in the present day.
A 12 months in the past, Fb revealed a significant rebranding, with the firm altering its title to Meta and making a significant push in direction of realizing the metaverse: a considerably obscure and buzzwordy time period for a digital actuality platform the place individuals can play video games, store, work, and work together with one another, all whereas sporting a VR headset, just like the Meta Quest 2.
Regardless of a major $100 worth bump introduced for the Meta Quest 2 again in July, the headset stays one of the well-liked digital actuality options out there to customers, promoting virtually 15 million items since its debut in 2020. However two years is an eternity for VR {hardware} to go unchanged, because the definition of digital actuality endlessly morphs and evolves. That’s why Meta has been teasing its Quest 2 follow-up over the previous 12 months. Codenamed Challenge Cambria, however rumored to formally be referred to as the Meta Quest Professional, it might considerably exceed $800.
We’ll know for sure how Meta plans to additional form the metaverse beginning at 1pm EST in the present day as CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stage for a gap Meta Join keynote speech that may embrace the massive Cambria reveal. You’ll be able to tune into the occasion’s livestream by means of the Actuality Lab’s Fb web page, or, you probably have entry to a Meta Quest 2 headset, it’s also possible to register and expertise the occasion within the metaverse itself inside Horizon Worlds. If you happen to go that route, you’ll most likely need to maintain a backup battery readily available to your headset, as in the present day’s presentation is anticipated to run for 5 hours, together with an handle by John Carmack beginning at 5:30pm EST.
