Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, posted a video on his social networks in which Practice fencing against a virtual opponent in mixed reality and does so using the Color Passthrough, one of the features of the viewfinder Quest Pro.
“Fence in the metaverse with Olympic gold medalist and world number one Lee Kiefer and second Olympic medalist Gerek Meinhardt. Using our new high-end VR headset coming next month with mixed reality, meaning you can see virtual objects (like your fencer friends) alongside the physical world around you,” says Mark Zuckerberg in Facebook and Instagram.
The physical environment is detected by integrated sensors, reconstructed in colour and depth on the lenses and augmented with digital elements (the opponent and a scoreboard). This merges analogue and digital reality.
The reality of the Quest Pro
Before the official launch, a video of Meta's new virtual reality glasses was leaked on social media a few weeks ago. It was shared by a user named Ramiro Cardenas, streamer of video games in Mexico, who claimed that the glasses were forgotten by a company employee technological in a hotel room where he works.
The VR glasses found by Cardenas were black, had three front cameras, and had a new look that eliminated the open circle design of the existing model. In fact, they looked a lot like the Cambria Project from Meta and were similar to a model seen in a video instruction manual that had been previously leaked.
The package had the label “Meta Quest Pro” stamped on the top left corner and a graphic showing the headset and controllers. The box also said that the device was not authorized for resale. Additionally, it showed on the top right that the storage was 256 GB.
Specifically, the images were shared by Ramiro Cárdenas in the comments section of a post in the Oculus Quest 2 Facebook group. He then indicated that the owner returned to the hotel to claim the lost glasses.
Meta Quest Pro Specifications
Meta has revealed that the next headset incorporates a system of eye tracking and face tracking to control avatars in social experiences. Months ago, analysts leaked some information about the Meta Quest Pro. These are the possible specifications:
– Two 2160×2160 Mini-LED LCD panels.
– Specialized sensors for color passthrough.
– Import records suggest it will have 12GB of RAM.
– Various tracking to have a complete immersion (hand, eye, face)
– The price is the big unknown because with so many new features, it is evident that it will have a high cost.
The Quest Pro will be officially announced in Connect, Meta's annual AR/VR event on Next October 11th.
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