In keeping with a report from The Info, Meta plans to launch its subsequent flagship shopper headset, Quest 4, in 2026. In the meantime, a Imaginative and prescient Professional competitor—seemingly Quest Professional 2—is reportedly deliberate for 2027.
In keeping with The Info’s Wayne Ma and Kalley Huang, Meta is planning two consumer-focused headsets for 2026. Codenamed Pismo Low and Pismo Excessive, these are thought to symbolize Quest 4 and a extra inexpensive Quest 4S (or no matter naming scheme Meta picks for a extra inexpensive variant). That may be two years after the extensively rumored launch of a extra inexpensive ‘Quest 3S’ that’s anticipated to be revealed in September, and three years after the launch of Quest 3.
Past these headsets, Meta can also be reportedly planning a Imaginative and prescient Professional competitor set for 2027, codenamed La Jolla. Whereas the corporate’s first “professional” headset, Quest Professional, didn’t discover a lot traction given its worth and lack of some key capabilities, Apple’s $3,500 Imaginative and prescient Professional has busted open the value ceiling.
That might make even a $2,000 professional headset from Meta look inexpensive. On the similar time, Apple has paved a transparent path for what productiveness in an XR headset seems like, which Meta has been quickly adopting.
Within the backdrop nonetheless, Meta is reportedly tightening its belt on its XR and metaverse group, Actuality Labs. In keeping with The Info, Meta is attempting to chop Actuality Labs spending by 20%, following years of prices far outpacing income.
This has coincided with some reshuffling of the internal workings of Actuality Labs, together with shedding “greater than a dozen administrators and vice presidents in Actuality Labs,” The Info’s report claims.
The report additionally claims Meta plans to launch its first augmented actuality glasses subsequent yr, however curiously specifies that it’ll have a show solely “in the precise lens” of the glasses, suggesting maybe a sophisticated pair of smartglasses (Meta Ray-Ban 3?) greater than full AR.
