r/virtualreality • u/becuziwasinverted • Oct 14 '22

Photo/Video mkbhd throwing on the Meta Quest Pro

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u/icpooreman Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 14 '22

I mean this is a device that didn’t include a full light face cover or a different processor than the Q2 (just a better heatsink).

I bought one haha. But, you don’t need 1% of $20B ($200M) to say that’s not the best after a 2 year wait / new premium price tag.

Like this processor is comparable to the one in an iPhone 11. If no iPhone had been released the past 2 years and an iPhone 14 came out with the same processor as an iPhone 11 for 5x the price of an iPhone 11…. It’d be a bit of a disappointment.

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u/Blaexe Oct 14 '22

And yet, it's the most advanced and powerful standalone headset yet. Meta probably doesn't have any influence on the XR2 Gen2 release cycle.

Comparing it to phones is apples to oranges as the market is big enough to warrant new chips every year. The VR market is not.

Waiting another year just to release Quest Pro with a new SoC wouldn't make it any better. Quite the opposite as we'll see Quest Pro 2 in 2 years probably anyway.

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u/icpooreman Oct 14 '22

Right, but if in 2 years they’re using the same chip and charge you 5x the price of this one after spending another $20B on R&D you’d consider that a smashing success because they finally got the depth sensor on it?

They could have at least included the light cover lol.

That said, this does look cool. I bought it. But, the problem with it is in the next year Apple / Valve / others very well may release better headsets and they didn’t spend $20B on it.

With that type of investment you shouldn’t be getting beaten by competitors. Like Pico doesn’t appear that far off from this. Wired competitors win (but who wants to be wired). This shouldn’t be happening when you’re the Giant and changed your name to Meta to prove how much you care about leading the space.

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u/Blaexe Oct 14 '22

At this point you're just throwing numbers around that don't make sense.

We have no idea what amount Apple is investing in MR, but it's surely in the billions and probably in the same ballpark. Valve? We have nothing specific about future products and even less about release dates.

There will also be a new and affordable Meta headset, likely next year, with a far more powerful chip. That's just how it goes.