We now have dates for Meta’s forthcoming Quest headsets

While nan study didn’t uncover overmuch astir hardware, this is nan first clip we’ve heard astir circumstantial timelines for nan devices. The Quest 4 will purportedly person a modular and premium version, referred to internally arsenic Pismo Low and Pismo High. Meanwhile, a higher-end type codenamed La Jolla is group for 2027 and is meant to compete pinch nan Apple Vision Pro. Unmentioned successful nan study is Ventura, a much affordable headset that The Verge previously reported whitethorn travel retired later this year.

Aside from Quest headsets, Meta is besides expected to motorboat a brace of AR glasses pinch a bonafide display. However, The Information study notes that there’s immoderate uncertainty surrounding those glasses. Unlike nan existent Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, this brace will reportedly measurement a hefty 70g and features a “bulky design” owed to nan display. That chunkiness, nan study notes, intends they apt won’t transportation nan Ray-Ban branding. Ray-Ban’s genitor institution EssilorLuxottica purportedly wasn’t a fan.

If true, nan rumor of bulky creation wouldn’t beryllium surprising. Most AR glasses pinch displays person struggled pinch nan aforesaid problem. Currently, it’s a situation to miniaturize displays to a size that’s comfortably wearable, while besides maintaining minimally viable artillery life and power. As a result, astir companies that person attempted AR glasses person near style by nan wayside — which itself has been a awesome obstruction to user adoption.