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by ffsm8 616 days ago
Meta didn't stop with that though?

Just a few weeks ago they released new products that actually have a much bigger potential then the Vision Pro for the usecases virgildotcode imagined. I.e. Orion AR. As a person that only knows about it from the presentation/demos it kinda sounded like a crossover of VR headset and Google Glasses

https://about.fb.com/news/2024/09/introducing-orion-our-firs...

Though I sincerely doubt it will succeed at a wider audience either, even if it's mass market appeal is way higher.

The tech just isn't there yet - we'd need 4-8+k displays per eye with batteries that need to last at least 10 hours for this to become really viable (even if we could probably compromise batteries with a usb-c connection to the laptop for this particular usecase)

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orion is not _released_ though. it is 'this is what we are working on'.
True, I really should've said announced.

Nonetheless, that should strengthen my point - as my comment was a rebuttal Gogachads nonchalant past tense wrt Metas ongoing investment into the metaverse. Metas main goal is still exactly that, ever since their pivot