Mixed reality allows the transition from virtual reality, which immerses the user in a virtual world, to augmented reality, where virtual objects appear superimposed on their real environment.
The head of the “Meta” network, Mark Zuckerberg, presented a new helmet for virtual reality, days before an annual conference, during which observers expect that the competing company, “Apple”, will unveil its first helmets for virtual reality.
Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, in an explanation attached to a video clip showing this new helmet from the “Quest” series, “Here’s MetaQuest 3, the first public-facing helmet with high-resolution color mixed reality.”
Mixed reality allows the transition from virtual reality, which immerses the user in a virtual world, to augmented reality, where virtual objects appear superimposed on their real environment.
Zuckerberg pointed out that the Quest 3 helmet, which will go on sale in the United States during the fall at a price starting at $ 500, is “40 percent smaller” than the previous model and “more comfortable” to use, describing it as the brand’s “strongest helmet.” since its launch.
At the end of 2021, Facebook adopted the name “Meta” for its parent company, based on a vision based especially on considering Metaverse the future of the Internet, after the Web and mobile devices.
Source/ Euronews